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tray

UK/tɹeɪ/ US/ˈtreɪ/ fairly common informal

noun

1.

an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • birth tray
  • breakfast tray
  • cable tray
  • filing tray
  • ice cube tray
  • ice tray
  • litter tray
  • meat tray

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