ELEVATOR CAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elevator car mean? 

• ELEVATOR CAR (noun)
  The noun ELEVATOR CAR has 1 sense:

1. where passengers ride up and down

  Familiarity information: ELEVATOR CAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELEVATOR CAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Where passengers ride up and down

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

car; elevator car

Context example:

the car was on the top floor

Hypernyms ("elevator car" is a kind of...):

compartment (a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area)

Holonyms ("elevator car" is a part of...):

elevator; lift (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)