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Noun: dumbwaiter  'dúm,wey-tu(r)
  1. A small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
    - food elevator

Derived forms: dumbwaiters

Type of: elevator [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], lift [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Dumbwaiter