dumb waiter

A form of dumbwaiter — A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.

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Meanings

noundumb waiter (plural dumb waiters)

plural dumb waiters

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of dumbwaiter.

    "In the bowels of Rugby station, which many say is haunted by a lady in a white dress (though I have never seen her), is this sign adjacent to a 'dumb waiter' lift.

    2021 November 17, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 944, page 71
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APA

dumb waiter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumb%20waiter

MLA

“dumb waiter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumb%20waiter. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dumb waiter,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dumb%20waiter.

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