dumbwaiter
- n a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
- Together they went to Levine's mother's house at 260 Rochester Avenue, Brooklyn, where Levine had hidden the envelope on top of an unused dumbwaiter shaft.
- Supplies are lowered to Sealab in a small, pressurized capsulean aquatic dumbwaiter that brings in such goodies as chocolate cake and fresh meat to supplement the aquanauts .
- A dumbwaiter connects the dining room to the wine cellar directly below.