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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tray
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
baking tray
in tray
out tray
system tray
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
baking
▪ You may prefer to ask an older person to do this for you. 8 Place the baking tray into the oven.
▪ Place on a baking tray lined with folded newspaper on the lowest shelf of oven.
▪ Divide dough in 2oz pieces and mould into rounds and place on a baking tray.
▪ Scatter with a spoonful or two of sugar and slide the dish on to a baking tray.
▪ Place on a baking tray and bake in an oven at 425°F, 220°C or Gas mark 7 for approximately 1 hour.
▪ Stand tins on a baking tray lined with a double thickness of brown paper.
▪ Right at the bottom is a handy storage compartment for all your baking trays, dishes and so on.
▪ Place thumbnail-size pieces on a baking tray and cook in a hot oven until golden brown.
large
▪ Willie lifted it up to find Tom standing on the steps, with a large tray in his hands.
▪ They carry large trays, which they fill with the mushrooms they pick.
pending
▪ At least avoid the pending tray syndrome.
▪ Abolishing your pending tray will transform your handling of paper.
▪ But sometimes the pending tray becomes overloaded.
silver
▪ He flagged a waiter down and grabbed two drinks from the silver tray.
▪ Half way through the meal a butler appeared, carrying a folded slip of paper on a silver tray.
▪ Lily brought in a silver tray with tea and sandwiches and one of Mary's marvellous sponge cakes.
▪ Waiters offer a selection of waters to drink, served on a silver tray, but only the tap is free.
▪ Dinner was brought to my room, served up on a silver tray.
▪ A practical nurse brought old red wine, a silver tray of smoked salmon, crumbled hard-boiled egg, capers and lemon.
▪ Some one brought mint tea in a silver pot, on a chased, silver tray.
▪ Behind her walked Jeeves, straight as a broom, clad in white tie and tails and carrying a silver tray.
small
▪ There were chests of cypress and cedar, small tables bearing trays, silver cups, pewter tankards and flagons.
▪ This time she didn't wait to see if anyone would come, but swiftly glanced to the small instrument tray.
■ NOUN
ash
▪ Galvone hurried to place a crystal ash tray on a small table beside him.
▪ Alice hurriedly put out the cigarette and got up to empty the ash tray.
▪ The ash tray was getting crowded when I decided there was no percentage in doing any more worrying for a while.
▪ He was constructing something from a foil ash tray when she approached.
▪ He placed his unfinished cigar in the ash tray and rose from the table, leaving his brandy untouched.
breakfast
▪ He shaved and showered, was dressed before the breakfast tray arrived at the prescribed nine o'clock.
▪ The children wrote get-well notes, which were sent in on the breakfast tray, the lunch tray, the supper tray.
▪ Early on the following Thursday morning, she grabbed the pale pink copy of the Financial Times from her breakfast tray.
▪ He eased himself up on the pillow and examined the breakfast tray.
▪ He was considering the toast on the breakfast tray Brother Edward had just brought into his room.
▪ She was still struggling with the short introduction when her husband entered, bearing a breakfast tray.
▪ Just a little critical - a slight sniff when she came to collect the breakfast tray and found I was still in bed.
▪ Somewhere in my head she is pushing aside her breakfast tray.
hospitality
▪ All four Karena hotels offer traditional rooms with private facilities, television, telephone, radio and a hospitality tray.
▪ All bedrooms are of a high standard offering private facilities, satellite colour television, in-house movies and hospitality tray.
▪ The bedrooms all have facilities, T.V. with in-house films, telephone, mini bar and hospitality tray.
▪ The rooms are bright and comfortable with full central heating, T.V. and hospitality tray.
litter
▪ The secret in such cases is to increase the rate of emptying and cleaning the litter tray.
▪ A final factor has to do with the position of the litter tray.
▪ Cats hate to defecate where they eat and some people place the litter tray too near the animal's food dish.
▪ So if a litter tray is in too public a place, this too may drive them elsewhere.
▪ When you first introduce the litter tray, place the puppy here if you suspect that it is likely to use it.
▪ The cats shared their room with an overflowing litter tray.
▪ You can use a large plastic cat litter tray as a dirt-box.
▪ This means leaving faeces in a prominent place, rather than covering them up in the litter tray.
seed
▪ Because polyanthus are more difficult to germinate, start them off in seed trays or pots in a greenhouse or cold frame.
▪ Use a small split cane the width of the seed tray to make a series of depressions in the levelled compost.
shower
▪ The new range of Access shower trays from Nordic neatly solves all these problems.
▪ He swayed as he stepped clear of the shower tray.
tea
▪ I hoped that my relief wasn't too visible when Jill chose that moment to enter with the tea tray.
▪ But the sound of those guns makes regular meals impossible.... Tea trays pervade the corridors, going everywhere.
▪ He acquired a new dignity when he brought in the five o'clock tea tray.
▪ The lowest tier on the tea tray holds four glass containers of jams and custard and the promise of scones to come.
▪ Mrs Wilson was particularly glad that the maid, Elsie, chose this moment to arrive with the tea tray.
▪ The tea tray landed on the piano bench, and I set the empty Brown Betty pot teetering on the piano keys.
▪ Madge, bring in the tea tray and try not to spill it.
tin
▪ She scooped up coffee-pot, bread-basket, jam-pots, Camembert, on to the tin tray, and made for the door.
▪ Pots and tin trays were clanging over the whirr of dishwashers; the tables smelled sweet and oily.
▪ Punters throw coins, trying to score a hit in the tin trays.
▪ Stone was carrying two steaming mugs on a round tin tray.
▪ She had promptly dropped her tin tray and her shrill shrieks began to split the crisp winter air.
▪ An electric kettle, plugged into the wall, steamed on a tin tray, surrounded by waiting cups.
■ VERB
appear
▪ There was a tap at the door and a Chicano woman with her hair in a braid appeared with a tray.
bake
▪ Drain well and place on a baking tray.
▪ A useful tip is to make sure that no more than two brandy snaps are baked on each tray.
bear
▪ Another girl followed her, bearing a tray of coffee.
▪ There were chests of cypress and cedar, small tables bearing trays, silver cups, pewter tankards and flagons.
▪ From nowhere another dark man appeared, bearing a tray, a jug of Campari and soda, a tall iced glass.
▪ She was still struggling with the short introduction when her husband entered, bearing a breakfast tray.
▪ At this point a servant appeared bearing a rough tray on which were set three horn beakers.
▪ She was pleased when the door opened and a maid entered the room bearing a silver tray.
▪ One balanced a beaker of steaming coffee on a nearby terminal before moving on bearing a full tray.
▪ He bore a tray with a pint mug of steaming coffee and two thick slices of bread and honey.
bring
▪ Certainly Dotty was less effusive in her thanks when Stella brought her up a tray of tea in the interval.
▪ Along with the food, they bring in a tray of beer in bottles.
▪ Then you can bring the tray in.
▪ Charpois would be brought, trays of water glasses, sometimes tea.
▪ Some exhibitors will bring a tray containing about forty berries which have to be classified by colour and weighed.
▪ I would go to the serving tables and bring both trays to the table.
▪ Rout out Annunziata, would you, Comfort, and get her to bring up a tray of breakfast.
▪ Some of the Acutes bring trays to the Wheelers.
carry
▪ At the sight of her entering the room again carrying a tray, he jumped up and took it from her.
▪ Pulled so close to shore you could see the plush red cabin and the waiters carrying trays of drinks and food.
▪ Li Yuan turned from the cabinet, carrying a tray of drinks.
▪ Instead, park officials announced Friday, the pirates will run after women who carry trays of food.
▪ I carried in tray after tray of Whiskas to the Gairloch store.
▪ They carry large trays, which they fill with the mushrooms they pick.
▪ I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window.
▪ Behind her walked Jeeves, straight as a broom, clad in white tie and tails and carrying a silver tray.
hold
▪ Emily was sitting on the edge of the bed in one of his shirts, holding a tray.
▪ In one corner was a strange life-size wooden cut-out of a black boy holding a tray.
▪ It turned out to be Pion, holding a tray of what had to be ... fruit, Masklin decided.
lay
▪ Still whistling, Buzz laid the tray.
▪ He laid a tray and took his supper into the study to watch the news.
pick
▪ He picked up the tray of tea things and took them to the kitchen where he glanced at the clock.
▪ My husband picks up our trays and throws them into the garbage before I can stop him.
▪ They carry large trays, which they fill with the mushrooms they pick.
place
▪ Samples are placed on a glass tray supported on an X-Y bearing carriage.
▪ She placed the tray on the floor and sat on the edge of the bed, looking down at her sleeping husband.
▪ Her big-boned body felt clumsy and she placed the tray on the coffee table with a loud clatter.
▪ You may prefer to ask an older person to do this for you. 8 Place the baking tray into the oven.
▪ Cats hate to defecate where they eat and some people place the litter tray too near the animal's food dish.
▪ All the circuits were placed in two trays of 24 modules.
▪ Galvone hurried to place a crystal ash tray on a small table beside him.
▪ You can grow seeds in the spaces between the plants. Place the tray on a table near the window.
put
▪ There was a brief exchange of hoots, and the clothed human put down the tray and went out again.
▪ He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair.
▪ A huge hand reached down and put a little tray on the packed earth under the floor.
▪ She took out her warmed mince pies and put them on a tray.
▪ She put it on a tray with the cups and saucers, sugar, milk.
▪ She put the tray on a low table and left them together.
▪ Then use anything - mugs - egg-cups - put them on a tray to catch the drips.
return
▪ At that moment, Veronica returned, setting a tray on a small table which she moved in front of the fire.
▪ By the time Edward returned with a tray of beer-cans the fire was blazing with famished enthusiasm.
serve
▪ With a metal spatula or the wooden peel, slip the pizza off the stone on to a serving tray.
▪ Waiters offer a selection of waters to drink, served on a silver tray, but only the tap is free.
set
▪ He set the tray down gently by the bedside, and picked up what was left of the mummy.
▪ Thereupon a cackling, toothless old maidservant set aside the tray she was carrying and hobbled across to confront him.
▪ The kettle boiled and he filled the teapot, set it on the tray and carried it through to the sitting-room.
▪ She stooped, setting the tray down, and Claudine put a hand around her narrow waist, detaining her.
▪ He would be setting her tray, looking for knives and forks, salt and pepper, plates to heat.
▪ At that moment, Veronica returned, setting a tray on a small table which she moved in front of the fire.
▪ Dinah's petite figure bustled into the room and set the tray down on a low table.
stand
▪ By the side of a registration book stood a tray on which rested a bottle of Scotch and four small glasses.
▪ Alternatively, you can stand the trays in shallow water until the compost surface appears moist.
▪ She was standing with a tray of cool drinks.
▪ As an additional precaution, you should stand the tray on newspaper.
take
▪ When Rosa had taken the tray Luce picked up the crutch and practised hobbling round the bedroom.
▪ I will also relieve you, Robert, at eight-thirty, when you take Mr Glastonbury's tray upstairs to his bedroom.
▪ He went to the refrigerator, took out a tray of ice cubes, built himself a vodka tonic.
▪ Usually I go and take the tray.
▪ She heard Stephen order Sally to take a tray upstairs to Mrs Winters and she said nothing.
▪ Jehan took the tray of cakes out of her hands, and then he grinned ferociously at her so that she backed hastily away.
▪ She took her tray to the pay desk, opened her bag and felt for her purse.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pending file/tray
▪ Abolishing your pending tray will transform your handling of paper.
▪ At least avoid the pending tray syndrome.
▪ But sometimes the pending tray becomes overloaded.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The tray was heavy with food and drinks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ If bulbs look shrivelled when unpacked, immerse in trays of damp peat until plumped out.
▪ She heard Stephen order Sally to take a tray upstairs to Mrs Winters and she said nothing.
▪ The door opened and Jenkins entered carrying a tray.
▪ There are many more, including wheelchairs, sticks, commodes, special non-slip trays, and bath seats.
▪ Water Grill's dessert tray beckons!
▪ We had tomato soup for dinner, followed by roast beef and sago pudding, served airline-style on a tray.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tray

Tray \Tray\, v. t. [OF. tra["i]r, F. trahir, L. tradere. See Traitor.] To betray; to deceive. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Tray

Tray \Tray\, n.; pl. Trays. [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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tray

Old English treg, trig "flat wooden board with a low rim," from Proto-Germanic *traujam (cognates: Old Swedish tro, a corn measure), from PIE *drou-, variant of *deru-, forming words refering to objects made of wood (see tree (n.)). The primary sense may have been "wooden vessel."

Wiktionary
tray

Etymology 1 n. (context obsolete English) trouble; annoyance; anger. Etymology 2

vb. (context transitive obsolete English) To grieve; annoy. Etymology 3

n. A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, rigid object upon which things are carried. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To place items on a tray. 2 (context intransitive English) To slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteri

  1. Etymology 4

    v

  2. (context transitive obsolete English) To betray.

WordNet
tray

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

Wikipedia
Tray

A tray is a shallow platform designed for carrying things. It can be fashioned from numerous materials, including silver, brass, sheet iron, paperboard, wood, melamine, and molded pulp. Trays range in cost from inexpensive molded pulp trays which are disposable, to inexpensive melamine trays used in cafeterias, to mid-priced wooden trays used in a home, to expensive silver trays used in luxury hotels. Some examples have raised galleries, handles, and short feet for support.

Trays are flat, but with raised edges to stop things from sliding off of them. They are made in a range of shapes but are commonly found in oval or rectangular forms, sometimes with cutout or attached handles with which to carry them.

Usage examples of "tray".

By the time Miss Tyler had returned with a tray, Lady Millicent had re-entered the parlor, and the musicians had switched to an allemande, from a suite by Herr Bach, whose sonorities included the sound of a few string instruments.

While these unfinished exclamations were actually passing my lips I chanced to cross that infernal mat, and it is no more startling than true, but at my word a quiver of expectation ran through that gaunt web--a rustle of anticipation filled its ancient fabric, and one frayed corner surged up, and as I passed off its surface in my stride, the sentence still unfinished on my lips, wrapped itself about my left leg with extraordinary swiftness and so effectively that I nearly fell into the arms of my landlady, who opened the door at the moment and came in with a tray and the steak and tomatoes mentioned more than once already.

Valerie said, working the lasagna around in her mouth, grabbing a meat-and-cheese roll-up from the antipasto tray.

Once Beryla and her lover left the lab, Hael Sejm went to the refrigeration unit and removed thirty-two vials of antitoxin, placing them on a tray with just that many syringes.

The furry, perpetually grinning reception committee was bearing a tray of assorted beverages.

The long-suffering barista was already lifting cups and spoons onto a tray.

Then, with the most natural gesture in the world, she pushed the tray a little way across the inlaid table, towards the Baroness, as she would have pushed it towards her maid, and as if she wished the thing taken away.

Yet so overpowering is the moral domination of the born aristocrat over the born snob, that the Baroness changed her mind, and humbly took the obnoxious tray away and set it down on another table near the door.

The Baroness showed no surprise, but wondered whether the Princess might not have to lunch, and dine too, on some nauseous little mess brought to her on a battered brass tray.

Hand prodded doubtfully at the contents of the bento tray with his chopsticks.

Black waiters in white serving jackets move through the crowd with trays of drinks, while the experts ponder their racing forms and the hunch bettors pick lucky numbers or scan the lineup for right-sounding names.

From the time she had been a toddler, she had crawled into this bed on Sunday mornings, dragging her stuffed animals and blankies with her, her menagerie as much a part of the weekend routine as the funny papers and the croissants and jam and tea that Delphine always brought upstairs on the breakfast tray.

As he crossed the hall he encountered Blore with a tray of drinks and a face of stone.

She could just make out a blurry number ten when she slipped the tray of workings back inside and gave the nose cone a two-handed spin.

Half an hour later, when Maigret was in the middle of dinner, he caught sight of the waiter from the Brasserie Dauphine with a tray covered with a napkin.