DUMBWAITER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

dumbwaiter; food elevator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dumbwaiter" is a kind of...):

elevator; lift (lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building)

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