elevator
/ˈɛl.ə.veɪ.tɚ/
noun
- A machine that carries people or goods up and down between floors of a building.
- The elevator doors opened and a group of people stepped out.
- Please use the stairs if the elevator is not working.
- We took the elevator to the 15th floor.
- A movable part of an aircraft's tail that controls the up-and-down motion of the plane.
- A problem with the elevator made the plane difficult to control.
- The pilot adjusted the elevator to climb higher.
- The elevator on the tail helps the aircraft rise and descend.
- A building for storing grain, often a tall silo.
- They built a new elevator to store the harvest.
- The old elevator beside the railroad tracks holds thousands of bushels.
- The farmer delivered the wheat to the grain elevator.
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