elevator

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Anything that raises or uplifts.

   And then the foaming flagons raised on high, with that best of all beverages, that elevator of spirits, that foaming sunshine, that grand and glorious brew of ale.

2. 2
   noun

   A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).

   The harvest is now in full swing in the Great Plains and efforts are being made to rush the grain from the fields to the country elevators and then to the large terminals, such as Kansas City, Houston, Galveston and New Orleans.

3. 3
   verb

   To move in an elevator.

   He elevatored up to the third floor.

4. 4
   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

5. 5
   noun

   an aircraft control surface that controls the aircraft about its pitch axis

6. 6
   noun

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.

8. 8
   noun

   A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.

Etymology

From elevate + -or.