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What is the difference between elevator and dumbwaiter?

elevator | dumbwaiter |

As nouns the difference between elevator and dumbwaiter

is that elevator is permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically while dumbwaiter is a table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.

elevator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
  • A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator )
  • (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine.
  • Trademark for a type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
  • A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
  • (anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.

    • Synonyms

    * (permanent construction) lift (British English)

    Derived terms

    * elevon * elevator music

    See also

    (wikipedia elevator)

    dumbwaiter

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dumb waiter * dumb-waiter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) a table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food
  • (obsolete) a lazy Susan
  • A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.