| NOUN | artifact | elevator, lift | 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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| artifact | elevator | the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend |
| Sounds | eh'lahvey.ter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| 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 | |
| Part of | building, edifice | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place |
| Parts | car, elevator car | Where passengers ride up and down |
| Narrower | dumbwaiter, food elevator | A small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another |
| 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 |
| Spanish | ascensor, elevador | |
| Catalan | ascensor | |
| Verbs | elevate | raise from a lower to a higher position |
| Meaning | The airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend. | |
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| Part of | horizontal tail | The horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft |
| Broader | airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface | A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air |
| Spanish | timón de profundidad | |
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