elevator
pronunciation
How to pronounce elevator in British English:
UK [ˈelɪveɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce elevator in American English:
US [ˈelɪveɪtər]
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- 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
- the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
Word Origin
- elevator (n.)
- 1640s, originally of muscles which raise a part of the body, from Latin elevator "one who raises up," agent noun from past participle stem of elevare (see elevate). As a name for a mechanical lift (originally for grain) attested from 1787. Elevator music is attested by 1963. Elevator as a lift for shoes is from 1940.
Example
- 1. Creative elevator ad in japan promotes kagatani kitchen knives .
- 2. What do you want , a freaking elevator ?
- 3. You hear your favorite song on an elevator .
- 4. You hear your favorite song in an elevator .
- 5. Could we get an elevator to the moon ?