An elevator (also called a lift) is a device for the vertical movement of goods or people, typically within a building.

It may also refer to:

Movement of things

  • Elevators (drilling rig), a device used for lifting the drill string on a drilling rig
  • Elevator (aeronautics), a control surface of an airplane used to control its attitude in pitch
  • Grain elevator, a structure for storing grain safely above ground level
  • Elevator (dental), a tool used in dental extractions to loosen teeth
  • Boat lift, sometimes called a boat elevator
  • Canal inclined plane, sometimes called a canal elevator
  • Bucket elevator, also called a grain leg, a mechanism for hauling flowable bulk materials vertically
  • Surgical elevator, a tool for positioning bones or tissue.

Music

  • Elevator (band), a Canadian band
  • Elevator (The Rollers album), 1979
  • Elevator (Hot Hot Heat album), 2005
  • Elevator, a 1999 album by Titan
  • Elevator, a 2007 album by Room 2012
  • Elevator (EP), released in 2001 by Epicure
  • "Elevator" (Eminem song), 2009
  • "Elevator" (Flo Rida song), 2008
  • "Elevators (Me & You)", a 1996 song by OutKast from their album ATLiens
  • "Elevator", a song by Burning Brides from their 2001 album Fall of the Plastic Empire
  • "Elevator", a song by Box Car Racer from the 2001 album Box Car Racer
  • "Elevator", a song by David Archuleta from the album The Other Side of Down
  • "Elevator", a song by the Pussycat Dolls from their 2008 album Doll Domination
  • "Elevator", a song by Hawk Nelson from their 2013 album Made
  • "Elevator", a song by Edan Lui
  • "The Elevator", a song by Lizzy McAlpine from her 2024 album Older
  • "Elevators", a song by Gabi DeMartino from Paintings of Me

Film and television

  • The Elevator (1974 film), a film directed by Jerry Jameson
  • The Elevator (1996 film), an American anthology comedy-drama film
  • "The Elevator" (The Twilight Zone), a 1986 television episode
  • "Elevator (Space Ghost Coast to Coast)", an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  • Elevator (1995 film), a 1995 Iranian film
  • The Elevator, a 2001 film featuring Greg Lauren
  • Elevator (2008 film), an independent 2008 Romanian film
  • Elevator (2011 film), a film directed by Stig Svendsen
  • Elevator (2024 film), a Filipino film directed by Philip King featuring Paulo Avelino and Kylie Verzosa

Other uses

  • The Elevator (newspaper), a historic Black owned newspaper based in San Francisco
  • The Elevator, a 1993 collection of stories by William Sleator
  • Elevators (computer game), computer game included in 1982 Beagle Bag package
  • Elevator Gallery, an art venue in east London
  • Elevator Competition, an event for MBA students put on by the Babcock Graduate School of Management
  • Elevator, a type of gag bit for horses
  • The bar or thumb on a scrollbar in computing

See also

  • Elevation (disambiguation)
  • Elevator music
  • Elevator paradox
  • Elevator pitch
  • Elevator shoe
  • Elevator algorithm
  • Space elevator