tray
noun/treɪ/
/treɪ/
- a flat piece of wood, metal or plastic with raised edges, used for carrying or holding things, especially food
- He brought her breakfast in bed on a tray.
- She came in with a tray of drinks.
- a tea tray
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingc1- He balanced the tray on his knees.
- a heavily laden tray
- waiters bearing trays of champagne
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- breakfast
- dinner
- lunch
- …
- bear
- carry
- pick up
- …
- on a/the tray
- tray of
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- (often in compounds) a shallow plastic box, used for various purposes
- a seed tray (= for planting seeds in)
- a cat’s litter tray
- an ice tray (= for making ice cubes)
Word Originlate Old English trīg, from the Germanic base of tree; the primary sense may have been ‘wooden container’.
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