From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Daily lifeldoce_339_etraytray /treΙͺ/ βββS3 noun [countable]1π Image of tray Da flat piece of plastic, metal, or wood, with raisededges, used for carrying things such as plates, food etc
The waiter brought drinks on a tray.2Ba flat open container with three sides used for holding papers, documents etc on a deskin tray (=for holding documents you still have to deal with)out tray (=for holding documents you have dealt with)3especially British English a flat open container with four sides used for holding certain things
a cat litter trayseed tray (=a tray in which you plant seeds) βbaking tray, system trayExamples from the Corpustrayβ’ The door opened and Jenkins entered carrying a tray.β’ We had tomatosoup for dinner, followed by roastbeef and sagopudding, served airline-style on a tray.β’ She heard Stephen order Sally to take a tray upstairs to Mrs Winters and she said nothing.β’ Water Grill's desserttraybeckons!β’ If bulbs look shrivelled when unpacked, immerse in trays of damppeat until plumped out.β’ There are many more, including wheelchairs, sticks, commodes, special non-sliptrays, and bathseats.β’ The tray was heavy with food and drinks.seed trayβ’ Because polyanthus are more difficult to germinate, start them off in seed trays or pots in a greenhouse or coldframe.β’ Use a small splitcane the width of the seed tray to make a series of depressions in the levelledcompost.OrigintrayOld Englishtrig, treg
