Definition of elevator

• n. - One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything
• n. - 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.
• n. - 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.
• n. - A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.
• n. - A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.
• n. - An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.