Tray Definition

trā
trays
noun
A flat receptacle made of wood, metal, glass, plastic, etc., often with slightly raised edges, used for holding or carrying articles.
Webster's New World
A tray with its contents.
A tray of food.
Webster's New World
A shallow, boxlike, removable compartment of a trunk, cabinet, etc.
Webster's New World
A flat carrier for items being transported.
Make sure that tray of eggs is properly loaded.
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(obsolete) Trouble; annoyance; anger.

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verb

(obsolete) To grieve; annoy.

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To place items on a tray.
Be sure to tray eggs with the large end up.
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(intransitive) To slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.

Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades.
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(obsolete) To betray.

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Other Word Forms of Tray

Noun

Singular:
tray
Plural:
trays

Origin of Tray

  • From Middle English treye, from Old English trÄ“Ä¡, trÄ«Ä¡, from Proto-Germanic *trawjÄ… (“wooden vessel"), from Proto-Indo-European *drAuk-, *drAuḱ- (“a kind of vessel"), from *dóru (“tree"). Cognate with Old Norse treyja (“carrier"), Old Swedish trø (“wooden grain measure"), Low German Treechel (“dough trough"), Ancient Greek [script?] (drouítÄ“, “tub, vat"), Sanskrit [script?] (droṇa, “trough"). More at tree.

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  • From Middle English traye, treie, from Old English trega (“misfortune, misery, trouble, grief, pain"), from Proto-Germanic *tregô (“mourning"), from Proto-Indo-European *dregÊ°- (“unwilling, sullen, slack"). Cognate with Icelandic tregi (“sorrow, grief"), Gothic [script?] (trigo, “grief").

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  • From Middle English trayen, treien, from Old English tregian (“to trouble, harass, vex"), from Proto-Germanic *tregōnÄ… (“to become tedious, become lazy, sadden"), from Proto-Indo-European *dregÊ°- (“unwilling, sullen, slack").

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  • From Middle English trayen, from Old French trair (“to betray"), from Latin tradō (“hand over, betray"). More at betray.

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  • Middle English from Old English trēg deru- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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