tray

Meaning

Noun

1. A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
2. 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. The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled.

Verb

1. to place (items) on a tray
2. 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

square-wooden tray

baking tray

cookie sheet

shallow dish

base seat

case of fit

furnace pot

obon

baking plate

abutment

·rocker

baking sheet

baking tin

basin

basket

🧺

bed

🛏️

board

bowl

calculate

chair

🪑

culvert

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹeɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English treye, 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.