elevator

noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about elevator at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.