Associations to the word «Dumbwaiter»

Wiktionary

DUMBWAITER, noun. (obsolete) a table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food
DUMBWAITER, noun. (obsolete) a lazy Susan
DUMBWAITER, noun. A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca