See elevator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "express elevator"
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"word": "fart in an elevator"
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"word": "inclinator"
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"word": "inclined elevator"
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"word": "incline elevator"
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"word": "jetevator"
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"word": "one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top"
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{
"word": "Sabbath elevator"
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{
"word": "screw elevator"
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{
"word": "Shabbat elevator"
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{
"word": "Shabbos elevator"
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"word": "silk elevator"
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"word": "space elevator"
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"word": "transelevator"
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"2": "エレベーター",
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"ref": "1962 May, “Talking of Trains: Portable grain elevators at E.R. stations”, in Modern Railways, page 302, photo caption:",
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"ref": "1964 June 16, “Surprise Strike Stops Traffic On 6 Railroads”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3:",
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"neuter"
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "control surface of an aircraft",
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"neuter"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "control surface of an aircraft",
"word": "מעלית"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "control surface of an aircraft",
"word": "lyfta"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "control surface of an aircraft",
"word": "kemudi angkat"
},
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"word": "昇降舵"
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"code": "no",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "type of shoe",
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"code": "fi",
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"To move in an elevator."
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"(informal, intransitive) To move in an elevator."
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