1. vertical transportation devices that carry people or goods between floors of a building
2. movable control surfaces on an aircraft’s tail that control pitch
Usage: aviation
3. large buildings or structures used for storing and handling grain
Usage: agriculture

Examples

• The office building has three elevators serving all twenty floors.
• She pressed the button and waited for one of the elevators to arrive.
• The pilot adjusted the elevators to control the aircraft’s climb.
• The grain elevators dominated the skyline of the farming town.
• During the power outage, all the elevators stopped working.
• The freight elevators can carry much heavier loads than passenger elevators.