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elevators
 
Noun elevator has 2 senses
  1. elevator, lift - 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
    --1 is a kind of lifting device
    --1 is a part of building, edifice
    --1 has parts: car, elevator car
    --1 has particulars:
     dumbwaiter, food elevator; freight elevator, service elevator; paternoster
    Derived form: verb elevate2
  2. elevator - the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
    --2 is a kind of     airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface
    --2 is a part of horizontal tail
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