different between elevator vs lifts

English

Etymology

elevate +? -or

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?ve?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l.?.ve?.t?/

Noun

elevator (plural elevators)

1. Anything that raises or uplifts.
   • 1902, Life (volume 39, page 559)

     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. (Canada, US) 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.
3. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
4. (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
5. A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
6. (anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
7. A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.

Synonyms

• (permanent construction): lift (British English; Australian English)

Derived terms

• elevon
• elevator music
• elevator operator
• elevator pitch
• elevator shaft
• grain elevator
• one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
• ruddervator
• Shabbat elevator

Descendants

• ? Hawaiian: ?eleweka

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• overlate

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

English grain elevator.

Noun

elevator

1. elevator, grain elevator.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Danish

Etymology

From English elevator.

Noun

elevator c (singular definite elevatoren, plural indefinite elevatorer)

1. lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Inflection

Latin

Verb

?lev?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of ?lev?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of ?lev?

References

• elevator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Noun

elevator c

1. a conveyor, an elevator (various technical installations for lifting stuff)

Declension

Related terms

• elevatorskopa

References

• elevator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Pronunciation

Noun

lifts

1. plural of lift

Verb

lifts

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lift

Anagrams

• filst, flist, flits