[el-uh-vey-ter] 
| 1. | a person or thing that elevates or raises. |
| 2. | a moving platform or cage for carrying passengers or freight from one level to another, as in a building. |
| 3. | any of various mechanical devices for raising objects or materials. |
| 4. | a building in which grain is stored and handled by means of mechanical elevator and conveyor devices. |
| 5. | Aeronautics. a hinged horizontal surface on an airplane or the like, used to control the longitudinal inclination and usually placed at the tail end of the fuselage. |
| 6. | elevator shoe. |
| el·e·va·tor (ěl'ə-vā'tər) n.
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elevator el·e·va·tor (ěl'ə-vā'tər)
n.
A surgical instrument used to elevate tissues or to raise a sunken part, such as a depressed fragment of bone.
A dental instrument used to remove teeth or parts of teeth that cannot be gripped with a forceps or to loosen teeth and roots before using forceps.
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