Collocations for "elevator"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "elevator" in context.
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elevator
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [building, skyscraper] has [three] elevators
- the elevator is [stuck, broken, out of service, not working]
- take the elevator up ten [flights, floors, stories]
- take the elevator (up, down) to the [3rd floor]
- got [trapped, stuck] in an elevator
- the elevator takes you straight to the [entrance, parking lot]
- the elevator has a capacity of [eight people, 500 kilograms]
- the elevator is under [repair, maintenance]
- the elevator is serviced [every month, twice a year]
- I'll wait for the next elevator
- when the elevator opened
- call the elevator to go [up, down]
- walk [rather than, instead of] taking the elevator
- send the [cases, boxes, goods] up in the elevator
- a [service, freight, public] elevator
- we could take either the stairs or the elevator
- our building doesn't have an elevator
- (probably) won't fit in the elevator
- [hit, press] the elevator buttons
- stop pressing the elevator buttons!
- the elevator shaft
- elevator [repairs, services, maintenance]
'elevator' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):