Synonyms for tray

Grammar : Noun

Spell : trey

Phonetic Transcription : treɪ

Définition of tray

Origin : Old English treg, trig "flat board with a low rim," from Proto-Germanic *traujan (cf. Old Swedish tro, a corn measure). Related to Old English treow "wood, tree" (see tree (n.)) and the primary sense may have been "wooden vessel."

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Example sentences :

Every bowl, tray, warming-pan, and piggin has gone to the mines.
Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont

Then she sat down at the table near the door, with the tray in front of her.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

There is a letter in the tray—just a name, no address on it.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Lizzie, carrying a tray of dishes, came into the hall as he opened the door.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

He went out and Miss Woodville came soon with food on a tray.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

But she left the tray, and when she returned for it an hour later she had only a few words to say.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

We can make them look very dainty, on a tray, and the waitress can bring them in.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

Gertrude had just made her entrance from the dining-room, bearing a tray.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

When I came back the tray had been swept clean and the teapot emptied.
Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr

I declined the tray; so he placed it on his own knees, to act as a miniature table.
Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

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