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tray
1[ trey ]
noun
- a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- a removable receptacle of this shape in a cabinet, box, trunk, or the like, sometimes forming a drawer.
- a tray and its contents:
to order a breakfast tray from room service.
tray
2[ trey ]
noun
- a coin worth threepence.
tray
/ treɪ /
noun
- a thin flat board or plate of metal, plastic, etc, usually with a raised edge, on which things can be carried
- a shallow receptacle for papers, etc, sometimes forming a drawer in a cabinet or box
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Origin of tray1
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Example Sentences
Disturbed by these suppositions and deciding not to tell my wife, I made the tea and took the tray to the bedroom.
A doorman at the Ritz-Carlton took to serving him carrots on a silver tray.
At another mortuary, “a very stout matron” has frozen to the metal refrigerator tray and must be chipped from it.
Willie signals to the stewardess that he needs some help with his tray.
The dragon, now dangling by a claw from the edge of the sand tray, is on the cusp of defeat.
It is only necessary to have a zinc, or a galvanized tray on which to stand the glass in an inverted position.
Broken crocks should be strewn upon the tray, and on to this is heaped peaty soil mixed with sand.
A light-colored mulatto boy, in dress coat and bearing a diminutive silver tray for the reception of cards, admitted them.
The air was heavy with the perfume of frankincense which smouldered in a brass vessel set upon a tray.
The boy retired and returned after a moment, bringing the tiny silver tray, which was covered with ladies' visiting cards.
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