08/19/2025
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noun
noun: elevator; plural noun: elevators; noun: elevator shoe; plural noun: elevator shoes
1.a platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels.
“in the elevator she pressed the button for the lobby’s.
2. a machine consisting of an endless belt with scoops attached, used typically for raising grain to be stored in an upper story.
NORTH AMERICAN
a tall building used for storing large quantities of grain.
“in the harbor a giant elevator stores prairie grain.
