elevador — meaning in English

English meaning

• car noun A road vehicle with an engine, wheels, and seats, used to carry a small number of people.
• lift verb To raise something to a higher position.

Senses

elevador is used for these senses in English:

• car The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
• lift (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic, _, elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
• scroll bar (computing, GUI) A graphical widget in the form of a horizontal or vertical bar, on the edges of a personal computer screen, that is used to move scrollable text or images.

car — full definition

1. noun A road vehicle with an engine, wheels, and seats, used to carry a small number of people.
2. noun A separate section of a train, such as a passenger or dining car.

lift — full definition

1. verb To raise something to a higher position.
2. verb To remove or cancel a restriction, ban, or rule.
3. verb To steal something, especially casually or without much effort.
4. noun British English word for an elevator: a device for carrying people or goods between floors.
5. noun A free ride in someone else's vehicle.

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