dumbwaiter
English
/ˈdʌmˌweɪtəɹ/
noun
Definitions
- A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
- (obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
- (obsolete) A lazy Susan.
Etymology
Compound from English dumb (unable to speak) + English waiter.
Origin
English
waiter
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedumb English
- dumb English
- dumb bomb English
- dumb fuck English
- dumb fucker English
- dumbass English
- dumbassed English
- dumbbell English
- dumbbutt English
- dumbcane English
- dumben English
- dumbhead English
- dumbhood English
- dumbie English
- dumbification English
- dumbify English
- dumbish English
- dumbling English
- dumbly English
- dumbness English
- dumbnut English
- dumbo English
- dumbphone English
- dumbshit English
- dumbstruck English
- dummy English
- fandumb English
- headwaiter English
- landwaiter English
- semidumb English
- wait English
- waiter English
- waiterage English
- waiterhood English
- waitering English
- waiterish English
- waiterless English
- waiterlike English
- waiterly English
- waitress English
- ウェイター Japanese
- ウエーター Japanese
- dumb Middle English
- witer Cebuano
- 웨이터 Korean
- uweta Zulu
- weta Swati
- dumb
- wait
- dummy
- dumbo
- dumben
- dumbie
- waiter
- bedumb
- dumbly
- dumbass
- fandumb
- dumbnut
- dumbish
- dumbify
- waitress
- semidumb
- dumbbell
- dumbness
- waiterly
- dumbcane
- dumbshit
- dumbhood
- dumbhead
- dumbling
- dumbbutt
- dumb fuck
- dumbassed
- waiterage
- waiterish
- dumb bomb
- waitering
- dumbphone
- waiterless
- headwaiter
- dumbstruck
- waiterlike
- waiterhood
- landwaiter
- dumb fucker
- dumbification