tea tray

noun

1. a tray for carrying or holding articles used in serving tea.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tea tray¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

“I have this,” said the innkeep, holding the metal tea tray with the teapot full of tea.

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In the show we find him turning the design for a divination board into a tea tray, and carving a portrait of a British official dressed in conspicuously snazzy Yoruba slippers and a pith helmet.

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Her work as Bertha Russell, the series’ ambitious climber, kept me invested in this ungainly show, if only to see when she might launch another tea tray across the room.

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The tea was tooth-achingly sweet, and Ophie sucked it down gratefully after a day spent running tea trays up and down the grand staircase.

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But let's step away from the afternoon tea tray, and instead, imagine something more like Moroccan pastilla, the pigeon or rabbit filo pie studded with almonds, scented with cinnamon, and dusted with powdered sugar.

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