What is the meaning of elevator?

noun

  • Lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building.
  • The airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend. .
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