English Explanatory Dictionary

Shabbat elevator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An elevator which works in a special mode, operating automatically, to satisfy the Jewish law requiring Jews to abstain from operating electrical switches on Shabbat.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Shabbat elevator.

Word forms

Shabbat elevator Shabbat elevators Sabbath elevator Shabbos elevator
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