tray
(noun) an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tray (plural trays)
A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
A flat carrier for items being transported.
The items on a full tray.
A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
(computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
(computing, business) A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
(Australia) (pickup) truck bed
Synonym: bed
tray (third-person singular simple present trays, present participle traying, simple past and past participle trayed)
(transitive) to place (items) on a tray
(intransitive) to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.
tray (plural trays)
(obsolete) trouble; annoyance; anger
tray (third-person singular simple present trays, present participle traying, simple past and past participle trayed)
(transitive, obsolete) to grieve; to annoy
tray (third-person singular simple present trays, present participle traying, simple past and past participle trayed)
(transitive, obsolete) to betray
tray (plural trays)
Alternative form of trey (“third branch of deer's antler”)
• Arty, arty
Source: Wiktionary
Tray, v. t. Etym: [OF. traĂŻr, F. trahir, L. tradere. See Traitor.]
Definition: To betray; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Tray, n.; pl. Trays. Etym: [OE. treye, AS. treg. Cf. Trough.]
1. A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc.
2. A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver.
3. A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
