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# elevator

noun (an elevator, elevators)

«elevator» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An elevator is a machine like a small room that carries people or things up and down between floors of a building (US and Canada; called a «lift» in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elevator/#m1)
2. A grain elevator is a tall building where farmers store grain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elevator/#m2)
3. A part on a plane's tail that moves to make it go up or down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elevator/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in everyday life in tall buildings and in maths word problems about floors and weight limits. Phrases: «take the elevator», «elevator button», «the elevator is out of order». Safety: in a fire, use the stairs, not the elevator.

### Examples

- We took the elevator to the tenth floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elevator/#x1)
- Press the button to call the elevator. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elevator/#x2)
- In a fire, never use the elevator. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elevator/#x3)
- The elevator can carry eight people at most. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elevator/#x4)
- In London we called it a lift, not an elevator. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elevator/#x5)
- The elevator got stuck between floors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elevator/#x6)
- A grain elevator stood beside the railway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elevator/#x7)

### Note

«An elevator» (vowel sound). US/Canada «elevator» = UK/Ireland/Australia/NZ «lift». Maths: if an elevator holds 600 kg and each person weighs about 75 kg, at most 8 people can ride. Going from floor 3 to floor 9 is 6 floors up (9 − 3), not 7.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «elevator» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elevator/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«elevator» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/elevator.html) on Mova free.