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FOOD ELEVATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does food elevator mean? 

FOOD ELEVATOR (noun)
  The noun FOOD ELEVATOR has 1 sense:

1. a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to anotherplay

  Familiarity information: FOOD ELEVATOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOOD ELEVATOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dumbwaiter; food elevator

Hypernyms ("food elevator" is a kind of...):

elevator; lift (lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building)


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