monte-plats

Et le monte-plats va jusqu'à l'animalerie.
And the dumbwaiter goes right down into the pet store.
Ça me rappelle le monte-plats de Thomas Jefferson.
It reminds me of Thomas Jefferson's dumbwaiter.
Les plats sont montés depuis la cuisine par le monte-plats.
Dishes are brought up from the kitchen on the dumbwaiter.
Le cuisinier a mis les assiettes dans le monte-plats.
The cook put the plates in the dumbwaiter.
On pense souvent qu'il a inventé le monte-plats pour épargner ses esclaves le labeur de monter les escaliers pour servir les plats à ses invités.
Now, we like to think that he made the dumbwaiter in order to spare his slaves all that labor of carrying the food up to the dining room for the people to eat.
Et le monte-plats débouche sur l'animalerie.
And the dumbwaiter goes right down into the pet store.
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