dumb waiternoun [ C ]
uk/ˌdʌm ˈweɪ.tər/us/ˌdʌm ˈweɪ.t̬ɚ/a small lift (= device used to move things from one level of a building to another) used especially in restaurants to bring food from the kitchen
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Parts of buildings: stairs & lifts
- chairlift
- chute
- doorstep
- drag lift
- elevator
- escalator
- fire escape
- ghat
- ladder
- lift
- rope ladder
- rung
- stair
- staircase
- stairway
- step
- stepladder
- stoep
- stoop
- tread
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Examples from literature
- Each had a dumb waiter and a little bell to call the servants when they were wanted.
- We might have gas-light, you know, and all our food could be brought down on a dumb waiter.
- What makes them call it a dumb waiter? asked Sue.
- You see he is visiting me, and he had never seen a dumb waiter before.