Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun escalator

2 senses of escalator

Sense 1
escalator clause, escalator -- (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))
       => article, clause -- (a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will))

Sense 2
escalator, moving staircase, moving stairway -- (a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt)
       => stairway, staircase -- (a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps)