Definition of Dumbwaiters

1. Noun. (plural of dumbwaiter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dumbwaiters

1. dumbwaiter [n] - See also: dumbwaiter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumbwaiters

dumbnesses
dumbnut
dumbnuts
dumbo
dumbos
dumbphone
dumbphones
dumbs
dumbs down
dumbshow
dumbsize
dumbstruck
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiters (current term)
dumdum
dumdum bullet
dumdums
dumetose
dumfound
dumfounded
dumfounder
dumfoundered
dumfoundering
dumfounders
dumfounding
dumfounds
dumka
dumky

Literary usage of Dumbwaiters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. National Building Code by American Insurance Association, National Board of Fire Underwriters (1909)
"ELEVATORS, HOISTWAYS AND dumbwaiters.—STAIR HALL INCLOSURES. SECTION 96. Elevators and Hoistways. In any building in which there exists any hoistway or ..."

2. Building Code Recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters by National Board of Fire Underwriters, C. G. Smith (1909)
"ELEVATORS, HOISTWAYS AND dumbwaiters.—STAIR HALL INCLOSURES. SECTION 96. Elevators and Hoistways. In any building in which there exists any hoistway or ..."

3. Architecture and Building (1914)
"Telephone: 1703 Spring Manufacturer of ELEVATORS and dumbwaiters Hand and Electric Elevators, dumbwaiters, Sidewalk Hoists, Invalid Lifts, Carriage and ..."

4. Cyclopedia of Fire Prevention and Insurance: A General Reference Work on (1912)
"The construction of dumbwaiters may be studied along the same lines as ... dumbwaiters, as a rule, are worked by hand, though in some cases power such as ..."

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