dumbwaiter
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tər noun
1.
a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
2.
British.
a.
an auxiliary serving table.
b.
a serving stand with tiers of revolving shelves.
c.
a serving cart.
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| —n | |
| 1. | (Brit) |
| a. a stand placed near a dining table to hold food | |
| b. US and Canadian name: lazy Susan a revolving circular tray placed on a table to hold food | |
| 2. | a lift for carrying food, rubbish, etc, between floors |
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Dumbwaiter
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example sentences
The inspector will ensure that each elevator or dumbwaiter is operating at the completion of the inspection for that elevator.
Her favorite was a chimney with a false back, behind which a dumbwaiter could be raised or lowered with the yank of a lever.
The back service stairs have been demolished in preparation for framing and installing the new dumbwaiter.
No sooner does he become absorbed in his writing than the dumbwaiter rings.
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