elevator
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
Types & categories
- lifting device hypernym
- dumbwaiter hyponym
- freight elevator hyponym
- paternoster hyponym
Parts & wholes
- building part holonym
- elevator car part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
Types & categories
- airfoil hypernym
Parts & wholes
- horizontal tail part holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hoist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lift |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | building |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | elevator car |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lifting device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dumbwaiter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | freight elevator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paternoster |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | horizontal tail |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | airfoil |