dumbwaiter /ˈdʌmˌweɪtəɹ/ noun3 •A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another. •A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.Sauces, wines, all the accessories we wanted, and all of the best, were given out by our host from his dumbwaiter; and when they had made the circuit of the table, he always put them back again. — 1860 •(no longer used) A lazy Susan. formsdumbwaiters