elevator (n)
lift (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 06
def 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
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Hypernym lifting device
Part holonym building, edifice
Derivationally related form lift → lift; lift → lift
Derivationally related form elevator → elevate
Part meronym car, elevator car
Hyponym dumbwaiter, food elevator; freight elevator, service elevator; paternoster
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Part meronym building, edifice
Part holonym car, elevator car
Hypernym dumbwaiter, food elevator; freight elevator, service elevator; paternoster
Hyponym lifting device
Derivationally related form lift → lift; lift → lift
Derivationally related form elevate → elevator

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