elevator

معنی کلمه elevator

معنی واژه elevator

n. - One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything
n. - A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
n. - A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.
n. - A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.
n. - A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.
n. - An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.
n. - A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine.