DUMBWAITER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dumbwaiter mean? 

• DUMBWAITER (noun)
  The noun DUMBWAITER has 1 sense:

1. a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another

  Familiarity information: DUMBWAITER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUMBWAITER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dumbwaiter; food elevator

Hypernyms ("dumbwaiter" is a kind of...):

elevator; lift (lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building)