elevator
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- noun
- /ˈɛlɪˌveɪtər/
- US
:
elevador
- After the long day, she stepped into the elevator and pressed the button for her apartment floor.
- elevator ride
- go in the elevator
- elevator door
When dogs get into elevators, how do they understand?
- When dogs get into elevators, how do they understand?
- They're taking the staircase up, they will take the elevator straight down fast.
- I was once in an elevator with Bruce Springsteen.
- They built a fake elevator into the back of a semi truck.
- And usually when I get into my elevator, there's a giant mirror.
- It was worth that one minute in the elevator, man.
- That's a long time to start it for an elevator to start in modern day.
Examples
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And just yesterday, I rode the hotel elevator with the guy from Car 54.
Academic text (2007) -
I'm in the elevator, on my way down.
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You also need a key to use the elevator, but someone came out.
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So up we went in the elevator with a Secret Service man.
Academic text (2011) -
In other words, if you see her get on an elevator, maybe you should take the stairs.
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It was worth that one minute in the elevator, man.
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We gotta find the elevators and get up to the roof.
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Then we dressed in our swimsuits and rode in the elevator to the pool.
Fiction book (1990) -
All the way up in the elevator, a little cage like a jewelry box, she trembled.
Fiction book (1990) -
She's in the elevator headed towards Ethan.
Synonyms
Idioms
- NSFW
An embarrassing moment when someone passes gas in a small space with other people
Compounds
- Specialized
18
3.5
A tall narrow space in a building where an elevator moves up and down between floors
- Specialized
11
3.4
An elevator that staff use to move things like large boxes between floors
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3.9
A person who stands in an elevator and moves it for people in a large building
- US
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2.7
An enclosed space inside an elevator that carries people or goods between floors
- Archaic
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6.9
A young woman who operates an elevator in a department store or office building
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Etymology
Elevator comes from the old Latin verb elevare, which means 'to raise', and it shares the same root as the familiar word elevate. So an elevator is literally a machine that lifts people or things up and down in a building.