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English noun: elevator | |||
| 1. | elevator (artifact) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | lift | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lifting device | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dumbwaiter, food elevator, freight elevator, paternoster, service elevator | ||
| Part holonym | car, elevator car | ||
| Part meronym | building, edifice | ||
| 2. | elevator (artifact) the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aerofoil, airfoil, control surface, surface | ||
| Part meronym | horizontal tail | ||
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