1. elevator
noun. ['ˈɛləˌveɪtɝ'] 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.
Synonyms
- lifting device
- food elevator
- car
- freight elevator
- building
- dumbwaiter
- elevator car
- paternoster
- lift
- service elevator
Antonyms
- fall
- lower
- stay in place
- worsen
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Words that Rhyme with Elevator Shaft
- redraft
- staffed
- kraft
- krafft
- graft
- draught
- draft
- craft
- taft
- raft
- laughed
- daft
- calfed
Example sentences of the word elevator-shaft
1. Noun Phrase
The elevator car holds people and objects for transport and is encased in the elevator shaft.
2. Noun Phrase
This will make the elevator shaft.
3. Noun Phrase
Leave a flap on the back panel to serve as the front of the elevator shaft.
4. Noun Phrase
Slip on the cardboard wheel and then slip the hanger out the other hole in the elevator shaft.
2. elevator
noun. ['ˈɛləˌveɪtɝ'] the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend.
Synonyms
- aerofoil
- horizontal tail
- airfoil
- control surface
Antonyms
- uncover
- natural object
- outside
- inside
3. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
Synonyms
- barb
- dig
- comment
- jibe
- cheap shot
- remark
- input
- gibe
- shot
Antonyms
- defeat
- open
- differ
- disagree
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.
Synonyms
- line
- pointer
Antonyms
- ride
- nonmember
- walk
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow).
Synonyms
- rod
- thill
Antonyms
- chaste
- fatty
- well
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] the hollow spine of a feather.
Synonyms
- quill
- feather
- plume
- plumage
- calamus
Antonyms
- bright
- dull
- dullness
- light
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon.
Synonyms
- barb
- trident
- spearhead
- spearpoint
- weapon
- spear
- lance
- assagai
- spear-point
- javelin
- assegai
- arm
Antonyms
- stay in place
- close
- disarm
- lose
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column.
Synonyms
- vertical
- column
- pillar
- scape
Antonyms
- significant
- intemperate
- compact
- indigestible
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator).
Synonyms
- edifice
- passageway
- ventilation shaft
- elevator shaft
- building
Antonyms
- heavy-duty
- thick
- absorb
- follower
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a column of light (as from a beacon).
Synonyms
- visible radiation
- low beam
- light beam
- sunbeam
- high beam
- ray of light
- light
- shaft of light
- laser beam
- heat ray
- visible light
- beam
- moon-ray
- beam of light
- sunray
- irradiation
- moon ray
- ray
Antonyms
- uncover
- underdress
- dress down
- dirty
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))