Elevator
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noun


(1)   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
(2)   The airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
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Noun


  1. Platform used for the moving of people and/or goods up and down in buildings.
  2. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator)
  3. A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine.
  4. Trademark for a type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
 
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