elevator : Idioms & Phrases

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elevator boy

  • noun a man employed to operate an elevator
    liftman; elevator boy.
    • in England they call an elevator man a liftman
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elevator car

  • noun where passengers ride up and down
    car.
    • the car was on the top floor
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elevator girl

  • noun a girl employed to operate an elevator
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Elevator head, leg, ∧ boot

  • the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator.
Webster 1913

elevator man

  • noun a man employed to operate an elevator
    liftman; elevator boy.
    • in England they call an elevator man a liftman
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elevator operator

  • noun an operator of an elevator
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elevator shaft

  • noun a vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor
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food elevator

  • noun a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
    dumbwaiter.
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freight elevator

  • noun an elevator designed for carrying freight
    freight elevator.
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Hydraulic elevator

  • a lift operated by the weight or pressure of water.
Webster 1913

Pneumatic elevator

  • a hoisting machine worked by compressed air.
Webster 1913

service elevator

  • noun an elevator designed for carrying freight
    freight elevator.
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