Elevator

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as:

2. A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.

3. A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.

4. A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.