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dumbwaiter

/ˌdʌmˈweɪtə(r)/noun

उच्चारण डम्वेटर

भोजन और बर्तन ढोने की छोटी लिफ़्ट, डम्बवेटर

Core word

noun
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    a small lift for carrying food and dishes from one floor to another in a restaurant or large house

    भोजन और बर्तन ढोने की छोटी लिफ़्ट, डम्बवेटर

    • Food was sent up from the kitchen by dumbwaiter.
    • The hotel still uses an old dumbwaiter.
    • The cook placed the tray in the dumbwaiter and sent it upstairs.
    + 2 more examples
    • An old dumbwaiter connects the kitchen and the dining room.
    • The dumbwaiter squeaked as it carried the plates up.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

dumbwaiter (countable noun)

A dumbwaiter is a small lift for carrying food and dishes from one floor to another in a restaurant or large house.

'Dumbwaiter' रेस्तरां या बड़े घर में एक मंज़िल से दूसरी मंज़िल तक खाना और बर्तन ले जाने वाली छोटी लिफ्ट है।

  • The cook sent the tea up in the dumbwaiter.
  • An old dumbwaiter ran between the kitchen and the dining room.

in / by dumbwaiter

Use in the dumbwaiter for position and by dumbwaiter for the way of sending.

स्थिति के लिए 'in the dumbwaiter' और भेजने के तरीके के लिए 'by dumbwaiter' आता है।

  • The plates were sent up by dumbwaiter.

spelling: dumbwaiter / dumb waiter

It is usually written as one word. The word has no connection with a person; it is a machine.

इसे प्रायः एक शब्द में लिखा जाता है। इसका किसी व्यक्ति से संबंध नहीं; यह मशीन है।

  • The dumbwaiter is a machine, not a waiter.

dumbwaiter (rotating table, British older use)

In older British use, a dumbwaiter could also be a revolving stand for dishes on a dining table.

पुराने British प्रयोग में 'dumbwaiter' भोजन की मेज़ पर रखा जाने वाला घूमने वाला स्टैंड भी हो सकता है।

  • The dumbwaiter turned slowly with the sweets.

dumbwaiter (plural)

The plural is dumbwaiters.

इस शब्द का plural रूप 'dumbwaiters' होता है।

  • Some old hotels still have working dumbwaiters.
+Collocations 5

adjective + dumbwaiter

oldsmallmanualelectrichidden

  • The old manual dumbwaiter needed a rope.

verb + dumbwaiter

installusepullsend upload

  • They installed a dumbwaiter in the restaurant.

dumbwaiter + noun

shaftdoorropetraylift

  • The dumbwaiter shaft ran behind the wall.

send sth by dumbwaiter

fooddishesteaplateslaundry

  • The maid sent the laundry down by dumbwaiter.

dumbwaiter + working

go upcome downjamcreak

  • The dumbwaiter creaked as it went up.
“More examples 6
  • The waiter loaded the dishes into the dumbwaiter.

बैरे ने बर्तन dumbwaiter में रखे।

  • The heritage hotel still uses a dumbwaiter to send food to the upper floor.

विरासत होटल आज भी ऊपरी मंज़िल पर खाना भेजने के लिए dumbwaiter का उपयोग करता है।

  • Radhika saw a dumbwaiter in the old palace kitchen.

राधिका ने पुराने महल की रसोई में एक dumbwaiter देखा।

  • The dumbwaiter got stuck between the first and second floors.

Dumbwaiter पहली और दूसरी मंज़िल के बीच अटक गया।

  • A dumbwaiter saves staff from carrying trays up the stairs.

Dumbwaiter कर्मचारियों को ट्रे लेकर सीढ़ियाँ चढ़ने से बचाता है।

  • Radhika's grandmother remembers the dumbwaiter of her old bungalow.

राधिका की दादी को अपने पुराने बंगले का dumbwaiter याद है।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These words are about moving food, one by machine and one by a person.

ये शब्द खाना पहुँचाने के बारे में हैं, एक मशीन से और एक व्यक्ति द्वारा।

dumbwaiter

A small lift for food between floors.

मंज़िलों के बीच खाना ले जाने वाली छोटी लिफ्ट।

  • Send it by dumbwaiter.

lift

A machine for carrying people or goods between floors.

मंज़िलों के बीच लोगों या सामान को ले जाने वाली मशीन।

  • Take the lift.

waiter

A person who serves food in a restaurant.

रेस्तरां में खाना परोसने वाला व्यक्ति।

  • The waiter brought the menu.