elevator

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Anything that raises or uplifts.
2. (Australia, Canada, Philippines, 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. 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. 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.

Verb

To move in an elevator.

Sinonieme

lift

lift

hoist

grain elevator

lifter

granary

dumbwaiter

garner

godown

hoister

jack

levator

life

magazine

screwdriver

🪛

treasury

warehouse

electric lift

electric elevator

load-lifter

passenger lift

storage building

hoisting apparatus

lifting machine

nipping fork

hoisting engine

tube clamp

ELEV

mechanical elevator

elevating rudder

lifting plane

musculus levato

electrical lift

balloon

🎈

load lift

barn

cellar

crane

depository

derrick

Vertalings

ascenseur

ascensor

🛗

ascensore

Aufzug

Lift

Fahrstuhl

🛗

lift

ανελκυστήρας

ascensor

🛗

ασανσέρ

elevatore

🛗

ascensor

elevador

elevador

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɛləveɪtə/

Etimologie (Engels)

From elevate + -or.