Dumbwaiter
[duhm-wey-ter] /ˈdʌmˌweɪ 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.
/ˈdʌmˌweɪtə/
noun
1.
(Brit)
2.
a lift for carrying food, rubbish, etc, between floors
n.
1749, an article of furniture, from dumb (adj.) + waiter (apparently because it serves as a waiter but is silent). As a movable platform for passing dishes, etc., up and down from one room (especially a basement kitchen) to another, from 1847.
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