escalator
IPA: ˈɛskʌɫeɪtɝ
noun
- Anything that escalates.
- A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
- An upward or progressive course.
- An escalator clause.
verb
- (intransitive, informal) To move by escalator.
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Examples of "escalator" in Sentences
- He went up and down the escalator.
- The fire stared below not on the escalator.
- I thought the incident was near the escalator.
- Osaka confuses the escalator with the elevator.
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