elevator

elevator

elevator [noun]

a small room that carries people or goods up and down in tall buildings 

US /ˈel.ə.veɪ.t̬ɚ/ 
UK /ˈel.ɪ.veɪ.tər/ 

بالابر، آسانسور

مثال: 

We’ll have to take the elevator.

ما مجبور خواهیم شد از بالابر استفاده کنیم.

a small room that carries people or goods up and down in tall buildings 

معادل فارسی: 

بالابر، آسانسور

مثال انگلیسی: 

We’ll have to take the elevator.

ما مجبور خواهیم شد از بالابر استفاده کنیم.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

elevator

 American English for lift

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

elevator

elevator S3 W3 /ˈeləveɪtə, ˈelɪveɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
 1. American English a machine that takes people and goods from one level to another in a building SYN lift British English:
   • We’ll have to take the elevator.
 2. a machine with a moving belt and containers, used for lifting grain and liquids, or for taking things off ships
 

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

elevator

ele·va·tor [elevator elevators]   [ˈelɪveɪtə(r)]    [ˈelɪveɪtər]  noun

 

1. (NAmE) (BrE lift) a machine that carries people or goods up and down to different levels in a building or a mine

• It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator.

2. a place for storing large quantities of grain

3. a part in the tail of an aircraft that is moved to make it go up and down

See also: lift 

Word Origin:

mid 17th cent. (denoting a muscle): modern Latin, from Latin elevare ‘raise’; in later use directly from elevate.

Example Bank:

• He rode the elevator to the 43rd floor.

• One guy fell down the elevator shaft.

• The agents in the station sent the checked baggage down stairs on a freight elevator.

• The elevator dinged and the door opened.

• The elevator doors closed behind her.

• We took a creaky old elevator up to the third floor.

• York pressed the button to call the elevator.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

elevator     / el.ɪ.veɪ.tə r /      / -t̬ɚ /   noun   [ C ]   
  
    A2   US   ( UK   lift )   a small room that carries people or goods up and down in tall buildings 
        a moving strip that can be used for removing goods from a ship, putting bags onto an aircraft, moving grain into a store, etc. 

 
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

elevator

/elɪveɪtə(r)/
(elevators)
An elevator is a device that carries people up and down inside buildings. (AM; in BRIT, use lift)
N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

elevator

el·e·va·tor /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/ noun, pl -tors [count] US
1 : a machine used for carrying people and things to different levels in a building
• We took/rode the elevator to the 10th floor.
- called also (Brit) lift,
2 : a tall building for storing grain - called also grain elevator

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