What does tray mean?
Definitions for tray
treɪtray
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Princeton's WordNet
traynoun
an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Traynoun
A shallow wooden vessel in which meat or fish is carried.
Etymology: tray, Swedish.
Sift it into a tray, or bole of wood. Joseph Moxon, Mech. Exer.
No more her care shall fill the hollow tray,
To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey. John Gay.
Wikipedia
Tray
A tray is a shallow platform designed for the carrying of items. It can be fashioned from numerous materials, including silver, brass, sheet iron, paperboard, wood, melamine, and molded pulp. Trays range in cost from inexpensive molded pulp trays which are disposable and inexpensive melamine trays used in cafeterias, to mid-priced wooden trays used in a home, to expensive silver trays used in luxury hotels. Some examples have raised galleries, handles, and short feet for support. Trays are flat, but with raised edges to stop things from sliding off them. They are made in a range of shapes but are commonly found in oval or rectangular forms, sometimes with cutout or attached handles with which to carry them. A more elaborate device is the tray table, which is designed to accommodate a tray, or to serve as a tray itself. There are two primary kinds of tray tables. The TV tray table is typically a small table, which may have legs that fold to allow it to be carried like a tray. The airplane tray table is a tray built into the back of an airline seat, which folds down so that the person sitting in the seat behind the one containing the table can use it as a surface from which to eat meals served on the airplane.
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tray
A tray is a flat, shallow container or platform designed to carry, hold, display or serve items. It can be made from various materials like plastic, metal, wood, or glass and is often used in contexts such as serving food and drinks, organizing objects, or carrying items from one place to another.
Webster Dictionary
Trayverb
to betray; to deceive
Traynoun
a small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc
Traynoun
a flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver
Traynoun
a shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles
Wikidata
Tray
A tray is a shallow platform designed for carrying things. It can be fashioned from numerous materials, including silver, brass, sheet iron, wood, melamine, and papier-mâché. Some examples have raised galleries, handles, and short feet for support. Trays are flat, but with raised edges to stop things from sliding off of them. They are made in a range of shapes but are commonly found in oval or rectangular forms, sometimes with cutout or attached handles with which to carry them.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tray
trā, n. a shallow trough-like vessel: a salver. [M. E. treye—A.S. treg.]
Tray
Trey, trā, n. the third branch of a deer's antler.
Editors Contribution
tray
A type of receptacle and product created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, pattern, shapes, sizes and styles.
We have a drinks tray and food tray in our house, they are different sizes and styles.
Submitted by MaryC on April 18, 2016
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TRAY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tray is ranked #53316 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Tray surname appeared 388 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tray.
74.7% or 290 total occurrences were White.
11.6% or 45 total occurrences were Asian.
7.7% or 30 total occurrences were Black.
2.8% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tray' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4801
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tray' in Nouns Frequency: #1989
Anagrams for tray »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tray in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tray in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of tray in a Sentence
Lemon, garlic, onions up the chicken, thyme, salt and pepper, all that, you scatter onions around the chicken, but you pack them in really tight into the tray. And then you roast them really high for about an hour and 20 minutes and they're done and they're perfect.
This just breaks my heart, and I was in the wrong, but what do you do when the kid tells you that they’re hungry, and they don’t have any money? I handed her the tray.
When he appeared carrying the tray, I knew I had to congratulate him for making the effort.
I just wanted to say that Tray was an incredible young man and had a very promising career ahead of him, he will be missed.
You can use a microwave steaming tray with water in the bottom, or simply add your vegetables and a small amount of water to a microwave-safe bowl and cover with microwave-safe plastic wrap, leaving one corner open to allow air to escape.
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- skinkbordAfrikaans
- صِينِيَّةArabic
- батмусBashkir
- падносBelarusian
- подносBulgarian
- tácekCzech
- bakkeDanish
- TablettGerman
- δίσκοςGreek
- bandejaSpanish
- سینیPersian
- tarjotin, kelkka, tarjottimellinenFinnish
- cabaret, plateauFrench
- tálcaHungarian
- սկուտեղArmenian
- barra, vassoioItalian
- トレイ, 盆Japanese
- discusLatin
- послужавник, лентаMacedonian
- tackaPolish
- barra, bandejaPortuguese
- поддон, лоток, поднос, трейRussian
- послужавник, tacna, тацна, табља, poslužavnik, пладањ, tablja, pladanjSerbo-Croatian
- tabakaAlbanian
- brickaSwedish
- uteoSwahili
- పళ్ళెం, ట్రేTelugu
- sini, tepsiTurkish
- підносUkrainian
- 托盘Chinese
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