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elevator

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /ˈeləveɪtɚ/ · UK /ˈelɪveɪtə/

Forms: elevators

elevator means: A machine that carries people or goods up and down between floors in a building.

noun

BETWEEN FLOORSA2

A machine that carries people or goods up and down between floors in a building.

  • Take the elevator upstairs.
  • The elevator stopped on the fourth floor.
  • Are both elevators working today?

Similar words: lift

Common phrases: take the elevator, elevator doors, elevator button

GRAIN STORAGEC2

A large building or tall container used to store grain.

  • The wheat goes into the grain elevator.
  • Several elevators stand beside the railway.
  • Farmers delivered their harvest to the elevator.

Similar words: silo, grain silo

Common phrases: grain elevator, wheat elevator, elevator storage

verb

TRAVEL BETWEEN FLOORSC2

To travel up or down in a machine that carries people between floors.

  • We elevatored up to our room.
  • She elevatored down to the lobby.
  • They elevatored to the tenth floor.

How to use it: elevator up/down to something (We elevatored up to the rooftop restaurant.)

Similar words: take the elevator, take the lift

Common phrases: elevator up, elevator down

Questions about elevator

What does elevator mean?

A machine that carries people or goods up and down between floors in a building.

What is elevator in other languages?

Türkçe: asansör · Español: ascensor · Français: ascenseur · Deutsch: Aufzug · Italiano: ascensore · 日本語: エレベーター

How do you pronounce elevator?

In American English /ˈeləveɪtɚ/; in British English /ˈelɪveɪtə/.

How do you use elevator in a sentence?

Take the elevator upstairs. The elevator stopped on the fourth floor.

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