tray
pronunciation
How to pronounce tray in British English:
UK [treɪ]
How to pronounce tray in American English:
US [treɪ]
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- Noun:
- an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
Word Origin
- tray
- tray: see tree
- tray (n.)
- Old English treg, trig "flat wooden board with a low rim," from Proto-Germanic *traujam (cognates: Old Swedish tro, a corn measure), from PIE *drou-, variant of *deru-, forming words refering to objects made of wood (see tree (n.)). The primary sense may have been "wooden vessel."
Example
- 1. Then she arrived with a large tray carrying 40 cups .
- 2. Easy release ice tray with unique switch mechanism on the bottom .
- 3. Split the meat from bones , cut it and put in a tray .
- 4. She served coffee in a silver tray .
- 5. Outbox - this is a plastic tray below my inbox tray .