Noun: dumbwaiter 'dúm,wey-tu(r)
- A small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
"The restaurant used a dumbwaiter to send dishes from the kitchen to the dining room";
- food elevator
Derived forms: dumbwaiters
Type of: elevator [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], lift [Brit]
Encyclopedia: Dumbwaiter