{
    "term": "elevator",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "image": "data/images/ai/airliner.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a machine that carries people or goods up and down to different levels in a building or a mine",
            "labels": "(North American English)British English",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He rode the elevator to the 43rd floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One guy fell down the elevator shaft."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The agents in the station sent the checked baggage downstairs on a freight elevator."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The elevator dinged and the door opened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The elevator doors closed behind her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We took a creaky old elevator up to the third floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "York pressed the button to call the elevator."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["glass", "express", "high-speed"],
                "verb + elevator": ["ride", "take", "use"],
                "elevator + verb": ["go up", "descend", "go down"],
                "elevator + noun": ["shaft", "door", "button"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a tall building used to store grain and that contains equipment to move it",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In the harbour a giant elevator stores prairie grain."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Farming"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a part in the tail of an aircraft that is moved to make it go up and down",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Transport by air"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈelɪveɪtə(r)/",
                "audio": "el/elevator/elevator__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈelɪveɪtər/",
                "audio": "el/elevator/elevator__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (denoting a muscle): modern Latin, from Latin elevare ‘raise’; in later use directly from elevate."
}