- (n.) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
- (n.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.
- (n.) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.
- (n.) One who or that which, raises or lifts up anything.
- (n.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.
- (n.) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.
- (n.) A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| Chicago | Webster's. 2011. "Elevator" http://smartdefine.org/elevator/definitions/2002208 (accessed September 24, 2026). |
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| MLA | Webster's. "Elevator" 27 May 2011. Web. 24 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/elevator/definitions/2002208> |