Dumbwaiter

Word DUMBWAITER
Character 10
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈdʌmˌweɪtəɹ/

Definitions and meanings of "Dumbwaiter"

What do we mean by dumbwaiter?

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

A portable serving stand or table. noun

A small lift / elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another. noun

A portable table used for serving. noun

A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.

A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.

A lazy Susan.

In Quiz Bowl, the one object that a player is unbeatable to. Each player will have their own unique dumbwaiter, that they will always get, no matter how hard you study. This term is coined from the original "Dumbwaiter" drama by Howard Pinter, the dumbwaiter of Albert Ok of SLHS. Urban Dictionary

A person who is dumb as fuck, never knows whats going on, is at the rock bottom of stupidity. Urban Dictionary

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The word "dumbwaiter" in example sentences

This device is more commonly known as the dumbwaiter, and later became an important means of delivering garbage to the basement of apartment buildings built in the early 1900s.

The food ordered from behind the counter comes up from the kitchen below on a dumbwaiter, which is very exciting for anyone who grew up watching Webster (but wasn‘t rich enough to have an actualdumbwaiter themselves). ❋ Unknown (2007)

But both, to gauge by the squalid setting, by the way they spring to attention at the sounding of a disembodied voice that issues from the dumbwaiter, are low men on the totem pole. ❋ James Scarborough (2011)

Here, in one corner, a perforated aluminum screen, wooden closet doors, metal grate, dumbwaiter and wood-block floor all converge. ❋ Unknown (2011)

- Open dumbwaiter and put the fire extinguisher in ❋ Unknown (2009)

The bakery, still run by family members, hasn't changed much in 100 years, with its dumbwaiter to deliver the knishes from the cellar. ❋ Monica Williams (2010)

As Mr. Tarrant told me in a 2007 interview, he heard, through a dumbwaiter door to the galley, Callaghan speaking in low, grave tones about the battle plan he would use that night off Guadalcanal. ❋ James D. Hornfischer (2011)

Casey: In that kitchen, some of the equipment worked, some of it didn't and we had to use the dumbwaiter. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It started out clumsy and uncomfortable, like trying to swing dance in a dumbwaiter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Full basement*, first floor with 30' ceilings**, mezannine with marble floor tile and a piano in it, attic with slanty-roofed bedrooms, dumbwaiter, laundry chute ... great house to be chased around by dinosaurs trying to kill you! ❋ Unknown (2010)

She gets away and tries to escape via dumbwaiter brilliant! until the killer cuts the cord and she falls to the first floor. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And they were even more impressed by the next stop on the tour: the boarded-up dumbwaiter on the third floor. ❋ Leila Sales (2010)

[Albert]: *buzz "[DUMBWAITER]!?" Everyone else: "DAMN IT I [READ THAT] THING YESTERDAY!" ❋ SLHSQB (2011)

“[I didn]’t even [know] you had a [grandma].” “Dumbwaiter.” ❋ Ro Money (2023)

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