n. 1 a moving platform for carrying passengers or freight from one level to another as in a building; 2 a building with moving belts that lift grain into storage areas
The elevator was very fast.
The elevator was very fast.
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Why did Minnie and Tessa not take the elevator when the fire started?
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What hauled the grain away from the grain elevator to faraway markets?
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Calling an elevator a lift is an example of a Briticism.
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They took the elevator to the fourth storey. British spelling.
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The new building was bedeviled by elevator failures.
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What button is missing from the elevator in Brunhild Tower?
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Why did the family have to take the elevator to get outside?
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I was scared to ride on the elevator because it looked overloaded.
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What kind of elevator did the Littles have?
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What was different about the elevator that Christopher went into?
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What fire tool did Brandon and the bankers use to free the elevator passengers?
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How many people exit the elevator at the end of the novel?
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Since none of the ten elevator people had the necklace, what did Officer Phillips conclude?
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Every day, Iris pushes the elevator buttons, but what makes Iris angry one day?
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lift; lifting device; conveyor
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4 syllables
el-e-va-tor
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