a person or thing that elevates or raises.

a moving platform or cage for carrying passengers or freight from one level to another, as in a building.

any of various mechanical devices for raising objects or materials.

a building in which grain is stored and handled by means of mechanical elevator and conveyor devices.

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.

elevator shoe.

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conveyor , dumbwaiter , escalator , hoist , cage , lift , silo