How to Use dumbwaiter in a Sentence

dumbwaiter

noun
  • The kitchen has a dumbwaiter to transport groceries from the garage.
    — Sarah Paynter, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2022
  • In the cellar, a big kitchen includes a dumbwaiter that once sent meals up to the green dining room.
    — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
  • There's a caterer's kitchen with its own entrance, and a dumbwaiter for the vittles and drinks.
    — Rohan Preston Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The large butler’s pantry has a dumbwaiter to the lower level rec room and up to the second floor.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The food was prepared in the kitchen in the lower level and shot upstairs by dumbwaiter to keep the machines stocked.
    — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The sky deck has space for al-fresco dining (all four decks are connected by a dumbwaiter for the crew to move food and drinks).
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The dumbwaiter is picked over before hitting the bottom level.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The Watsons also made the oversized dumbwaiter to move heavy items upstairs and down.
    — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 16 Aug. 2017
  • During the tour, the Legally Blonde star shows off an old-fashioned dumbwaiter.
    — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Ohm faces plenty of freaky sights and sounds, from dead bodies and claustrophobic dumbwaiters to a creepy kids show that will give you the willies.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 May 2026
  • First, there's the kooky older neighbor who sneaks into the Brannocks' house and hides in their dumbwaiter (umm, heck no).
    — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Within moments, dumbwaiter-style, the offering would be replaced by unseen hands.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Also downstairs are a cabana with a shower and toilet, a laundry room, storage and an open two-car garage with a dumbwaiter to the upstairs kitchen.
    — Marcelle Sussman Fischler, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020
  • At Lechner’s Gourmet Restaurant, where the kitchen was on the third floor and orders were sent down on dumbwaiters.
    — Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2018
  • When an order is ready to go, it's placed on a conveyor belt that runs through the back-of-house before depositing the food onto a dumbwaiter in the front-of-house.
    — Lauren Saria, azcentral, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Like with Thomas Jefferson’s ingenious dumbwaiter, there are no signs of the human labor that brought it.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The food was homemade, cakes and pies on the third floor, Salisbury steak dinners on the second, all lowered by dumbwaiter to a round floor packed with diners.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Each room has a small hatch near the entrance—a dumbwaiter-like compartment where staff can leave deliveries or collect items without disturbing you.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2026
  • In the middle of each room, down the center of the building, is a giant hole where a descending meal platform — a kind of mass dumbwaiter — stops once a day, for the briefest interval.
    — Jason Bailey, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
  • After The Wescott opens, BarVista patrons will be able to order off that menu too, with orders zipped upstairs via dumbwaiter.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Instead of hydraulics in the floor that permit characters to descend into hell, the journey is made via a compartment upstage that opens and closes like a restaurant dumbwaiter.
    — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Mal drugged Fiona at the Halloween party, then took her up to the honeymoon suite and stuffed her into the dumbwaiter, sending it down to the basement and leaving her there to die.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • Trucco said, pointing toward the dumbwaiter shuttling hot bucatini.
    — The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The kitchen features Carrera marble, two countertop islands, a dumbwaiter and countertop seating.
    — Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The new restaurant isn't an extension of El Real, however, Real Agave's food will be prepared in its kitchen and run up by dumbwaiter.
    — Megha McSwain, Chron, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Since there's no way out of this one, Grace fights her way through the night, having to contend with sinister butlers, dangerous dumbwaiters, and a mother-in-law who will do anything to protect her family from harm.
    — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2019
  • For more than four years the couple had worked to transform the unit through gut renovations into a vertical mansion, with amenities and finishes resembling that of a five-star hotel (hot tub and dumbwaiters included).
    — Vivian Marino, New York Times, 14 June 2018
  • Altogether, the 7,000-square-foot property comprises six bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a gourmet chef’s kitchen with a dumbwaiter, a formal dining room, and a wine cellar.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Wedding night in the family mansion, decked out with dumbwaiters, servants’ corridors and the smell of moral rot, turns into a lethal all-night round of hide and seek, played with executioner’s ax, crossbow, shotgun and hot tea kettle.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Each of the three floors has a private elevator landing with a connecting dumbwaiter, allowing the Matlin family and their guests to easily transport food, towels and other items between floors.
    — Vivian Marino, New York Times, 14 June 2018

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