escalator
/ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɚ/ noun A2- Anything that escalates.
- A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another. · There is a plastic molly-guard covering the escalator's shutdown button to prevent little kids from pushing it and stopping the escalator.
- An upward or progressive course.
- An escalator clause. · They agreed to a cost-of-living escalator.
Plural escalators
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