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  • 1Elevator — El e*va tor, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. [ e]l[ e]vateur.] 1. One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything. [1913 Webster] 2. A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets …

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  • 2Elevator boot — Elevator El e*va tor, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. [ e]l[ e]vateur.] 1. One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything. [1913 Webster] 2. A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or …

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  • 3Elevator head — Elevator El e*va tor, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. [ e]l[ e]vateur.] 1. One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything. [1913 Webster] 2. A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or …

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  • 4Elevator leg — Elevator El e*va tor, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. [ e]l[ e]vateur.] 1. One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything. [1913 Webster] 2. A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or …

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  • 5Elevator shoes — Elevator El e*va tor, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. [ e]l[ e]vateur.] 1. One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything. [1913 Webster] 2. A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or …

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  • 6elevator — [el′ə vāt΄ər] n. [LL(Ec), one who raises up, a deliverer: see ELEVATE] 1. a person or thing that raises or lifts up ☆ 2. a platform, cage, or boxlike structure suspended by motor operated cables, for hoisting or lowering people or things, as in a …

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  • 7elevator — ► NOUN 1) N. Amer. a platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things. 2) a machine consisting of an endless belt with scoops attached, used for raising grain. 3) N. Amer. a tall building used for storing grain …

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  • 8Elevator — For other uses, see Elevator (disambiguation). A set of lifts in the lower level of a London Underground station. The arrows indicate each elevator s position and direction of travel …

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  • 9elevator — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lift; granary, silo. See elevation, store. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Machine for lifting] Syn. lift, escalator, conveyor, endless belt, endless chain, buckets, elevator stack, chairlift, aerial tramway,… …

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  • 10elevator — A car, platform, or cage, known in England as a lift, used for the vertical conveyance of persons or property between the floors of a building. More broadly defined as the car, platform, or cage and the power machinery propelling such device, the …

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