tray

Meaning

Noun

1. A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
2. (broadly) The items on a full tray.
3. A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
4. (informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
5. A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
6. (Australia) The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled.

Verb

1. (transitive) to place (items) on a tray
2. (intransitive) to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.

Verb

to grieve; to annoy

Verb

to betray

Synonyms

plate

salver

dish

platter

trough

waiter

pan

plateau

stage

disk

chute

disc

discus

discuss

drawer

foundation

frying pan

griddle

gutter

hod

holder

luge

meal

oven pan

pallet

pedestal

pillow

puck

run

saucer

seat

💺

server

sled

🛷

sledge

sleigh

socket

stand

strake

surface

table

through

trencher

washtub

earthenware vessel

serving tray

Bon Festival

round tray

shallow bowl

wooden tray

dolly-tub

Translations

bandeja

bandeja

Tablett

vassoio

plateau

δίσκος

dienblad

presenteerblad

tepsi

schenkblad

Ablagekasten

Ablage

blad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹeɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: treye

Inherited from Old English: trēġ

Cognate with Old Norse: treyja

Cognate with Low German: Treechel

Cognate with Ancient Greek: δροίτη

Cognate with Sanskrit: द्रोण

In summary

From Middle English trey, from Old English trēġ, trīġ (“wooden board, tray”), from Proto-West Germanic *trauwi, from Proto-Germanic *trawją (“wooden vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *drewo-, *dóru (“tree; wood”). Cognate with Old Norse treyja (“carrier”), Old Swedish trø (“wooden grain measure”), Low German Treechel (“dough trough”), Ancient Greek δροίτη (droítē, “tub, vat”), Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “trough”). Related to trough and tree.