dumbwaiter
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈdʌmˌweɪtər/
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montacargas
- Our stash hides in what used to be a dumbwaiter.
- dumbwaiter door
- an old dumbwaiter
Examples
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Boys, how many times have I told you not to ride that dumbwaiter?
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Kafka notices that he's standing by a dumbwaiter.
Fiction book (1991) -
Well , we found the dumbwaiter to be rather effective.
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"I was in the dumbwaiter, the one they put the food on."
Fiction book (1993) -
"How do you use a dumbwaiter?" -- "raise" and "lower" it.
Blog text (10) -
The dumbwaiter is across from the furnace.
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I leaned down and felt for the dumbwaiter door.
Fiction book (1990) -
And so I used the dumbwaiter, and I knew I wasn't supposed to because it didn't work all the time.
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Then, at the intersection of the two corridors, I thought of the dumbwaiter I'd inadvertently found.
Fiction book (1990) -
The restaurant used a dumbwaiter to send dishes from the kitchen to the dining room on the upper floor.
Synonyms
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1.0
A machine that carries people and things up and down between floors
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1.9
A machine that carries people or goods between floors
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3.4
An elevator that staff use to move things like large boxes between floors
A small lift that carries food between floors in a building
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Morphology
Etymology
Dumbwaiter comes from the idea of a 'silent servant' — dumb here means 'silent' and waiter means 'servant' who brings dishes. That's why a dumbwaiter is a small lift that quietly carries food or goods between floors.