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Tray

/tɹeɪ/

A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.

📖 Definitions of "Tray"

noun

1
A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
"I carefully arranged the dishes on the tray and brought it upstairs."
2
A flat carrier for items being transported.
"Make sure that tray of eggs is properly loaded."
3
The items on a full tray.
"Before long they had consumed a whole tray of shrimp cocktails and sent for another."
4
A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
"The CD tray will not open."

verb

1
To place (items) on a tray
"Be sure to tray eggs with the large end up."
2
To slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.
"Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades."

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