dumbwaiter
noun
dumb·wait·er
ˈdəm-ˌwā-tər 
ˌdəm-ˈwā-
1
: a portable serving table or stand
2
: a small elevator used for conveying food and dishes from one story of a building to another
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Old-fashioned surroundings notwithstanding — think dumbwaiters, a sewing room and doors requiring a strong shoulder to open — the nuns’ sensible sneakers are squarely planted in the modern world.
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Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Features of the property include a three-bedroom, 2,100-square-foot penthouse, sleeping six, which takes up an entire floor of the house and has a rooftop terrace, private living and dining rooms and direct access to the kitchen via a dumbwaiter.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
The elevator division of the city Buildings Department later learned that the repairman was in the pit of the dumbwaiter shaft, working on the hoist cables, when the dumbwaiter cab plummeted on top of him.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
The house has two garages, a casita and a second-floor patio with a dumbwaiter.
—Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
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Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Features of the property include a three-bedroom, 2,100-square-foot penthouse, sleeping six, which takes up an entire floor of the house and has a rooftop terrace, private living and dining rooms and direct access to the kitchen via a dumbwaiter.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
The elevator division of the city Buildings Department later learned that the repairman was in the pit of the dumbwaiter shaft, working on the hoist cables, when the dumbwaiter cab plummeted on top of him.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
The house has two garages, a casita and a second-floor patio with a dumbwaiter.
—Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
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dumbwaiter
noun
dumb·wait·er
ˈdəm-ˈwāt-ər
: a small elevator for carrying food or goods from one story to another
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