| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonym | lift |
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| Part of | building, edifice | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place |
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| Parts | car, elevator car | Where passengers ride up and down |
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| Narrower | dumbwaiter, food elevator | A small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another |
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| freight elevator, service elevator | An elevator designed for carrying freight |
| paternoster | A type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor |
| Broader | lifting device | A device for lifting heavy loads |
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| Spanish | ascensor, elevador |
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| Catalan | ascensor |
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| Verbs | elevate | raise from a lower to a higher position |
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