Meanings
nounelevator music (uncountable)
- CanadaUSuncountableBland, inoffensive music played as a background in elevators and businesses (such as offices and shopping malls).
Synonyms: lift music, muzak
Synonyms & antonyms
nounBland, inoffensive music played as a background in elevators and businesses (such as offices and shopping malls).
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Used in the first elevators to reduce anxiousness.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 電梯音樂 /电梯音乐
- 電梯音樂 /电梯音乐 (diàntī yīnyuè)music played as a background in elevators and businesses
Dutch niets-aan-de-handmuziek
- niets-aan-de-handmuziekmusic played as a background in elevators and businesses
Finnish taustamusiikki, hissimusiikki
- taustamusiikkimusic played as a background in elevators and businesses
- hissimusiikkimusic played as a background in elevators and businesses
French musique d'ascenseur, musique d'aéroport
- musique d'ascenseurmusic played as a background in elevators and businesses
- musique d'aéroportmusic played as a background in elevators and businesses
German Fahrstuhlmusik
- Fahrstuhlmusikmusic played as a background in elevators and businesses
Icelandic lyftutónlist
- lyftutónlistmusic played as a background in elevators and businesses
Polish muzak
- muzakmusic played as a background in elevators and businesses
Swedish hissmusik
- hissmusikmusic played as a background in elevators and businesses
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elevator music. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elevator%20music
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“elevator music.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elevator%20music. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elevator music,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elevator%20music.
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