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dumbwaiter

[duhm-way-ter] / ˈdʌmˌweɪ tər /
NOUN
elevator
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NOUN
lazy Susan
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According to OSHA, the companies’ employees and subcontractors were exposed to “pinch-point hazards” associated with the dumbwaiter and didn’t ensure employees and contractors were qualified to operate the device.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

It's a dumbwaiter that was designed to carry these heavy glass plates.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2023

He also tinkered with a way of improving a dumbwaiter, the elevator typically used to deliver food and other goods from one floor to another.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022

The dumbwaiter interrupts the hit men’s mundane chatter but doesn’t veer the production off course from its clear road map to the conclusion.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021

On the upstairs landing we discover something called a dumbwaiter, which, upon inspection, is not dumb at all.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin


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