tray

About 5.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.

   I carefully arranged the dishes on the tray and brought it upstairs.

2. noun The items on a full tray.

   Before long they had consumed a whole tray of shrimp cocktails and sent for another.

3. noun A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.

   The CD tray will not open.

4. noun A notification area used for icons and alerts.
5. noun A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
6. noun The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled.
7. verb to place (items) on a tray

   Be sure to tray eggs with the large end up.

8. verb to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.

   Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades.

Similar words

toilet platter hopper plate mower drawer dish shelf bin deck

Often followed by

of and with on in to is or for

Word family

trayful trayfuls trays