elevator
Anything that raises or uplifts.
Noun 4 meanings
Anything that raises or uplifts.
A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building.
A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
Verb 1 meaning
To move in an elevator.
“He elevatored up to the third floor.”
Etymology
From elevate + -or.
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ELEVATOR at a glance
ELEVATOR has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (E 1 + L 1 + E 1 + V 4 + A 1 + T 1 + O 1 + R 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,566 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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