Thesaurus: escalator

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1. n. a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
2. n. a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
3. A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- a trade term.
4. A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that thesteps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping uponit is carried up or down; -- a trade term.
5. n:100 n. a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt