Tray

Definition: Tray

Tray

Noun

1. An open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food.

Date "tray" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Domain	Definition
Building & Civil Engineering	A physical path where cables are routed within a building. Source: European Union. (references)
Dream Interpretation	To see trays in your dream, denotes your wealth will be foolishly wasted, and surprises of unpleasant nature will shock you. If the trays seem to be filled with valuables, surprises will come in the shape of good fortune. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Electrical Engineering	A support or container for one or more storage batteries. Source: European Union. (references)
Food & Agriculture	A shallow box-type container used mainly for raising seedlings. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. A car, carrier, or pallet, usually suspended from the moving element of a conveyor. b. A section of gravity conveyor, chain conveyor, or shaker conveyor.See also:pan; trough. Syn:tray carrier. (references)
Public Administration	In oil refineries, the most commonly used distillation column internal is the tray. This is a horizontal plate covering the whole column cross-section, except for the "downcomers". . . The plate is perforated to allow passage of gas. In operation, liquid flows on the tray from a downcomer and into a highly turbulent froth made by bubbling and jetting of gas from the perforations. The froth is held on the tray for a short time by the weir, then flows over into another downcomer. (1). Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Receptacle	Vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon.
	Beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish,beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Wonderful But tomorrow morning, if you should wake out of your dreams and hear a knock, and the door opens, and there, instead of a maid with a breakfast tray, stands a policeman with a warrant, then you'll be glad you are alone (Trouble in Paradise; writing credit: Aladar Laszlo; Grover Jones) Now run along to Ito and hurry my tray, darling (Auntie Mame; writing credit: Betty Comden; Patrick Dennis) You take a penny from the tray. (Office Space; writing credit: Mike Judge)
Lyrics	Table for two on a TV tray (Born To Be My Baby; performing artist: Bon Jovi) Ash tray, flip gate, time to spark it (Hot in Herre; performing artist: NELLY)
Movie/TV Titles	Old Dog Tray (1935) A Tray Full of Trouble (1920)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Around the World on a Breakfast Tray (reference) Bonsai, Saikei and Bonkei: Japanese Dwarf Trees and Tray Landscapes (reference) China and Glass in America: 1880-1980, from Tabletop to T.V. Tray (reference) Death on a Silver Tray (reference) Sand Tray [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) (more book examples)

Music	A Splendid Tray (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Kodak Carousel 140 Slide Tray (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Razorback 99619/104500 Wheelbarrow Tray for Models 77305,C6 (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	On an ivory background sits a stick of butter in a glass tray, a jar of mayonnaise, a bottle of oil and a bottle of salad dressing. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).		Shown is a tray of prepared wells, being held by a rubber-gloved hand. The top is up on the tray, indicating it is complete. Also visible is a bottle of the medium used in the preparation. Cells that make monoclonal antibodies are sorted and grown in wells. This is a tray of such wells. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).
	A tray full of juvenile rockfish after the net is emptied into the tote for sampling. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		John Catena hands a tray of eelgrass turf over the side of the boat to the scientists in the water. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	The table sieve and cradle sieve, hopper and tray exposed. In: "Report on the Construction and Work in 1880 of United States Fish Commission Steamer FISH-HAWK", by Lieutenant Zera Luther Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part IX. Report of the Commissioner for 1881. Plate XI, p. 53. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Figure 71. A Mohr-Westphal density balance. This instrument was first described in 1832 by the German chemist Carl Friedrich Mohr. It is a balance with two arms, where the equilibrium is reached by adding weight on a tray. This type of instrument was modified by G. Westphal who replaced the tray with an adjustable counterweight. Julien Thoulet used this type of instrument in his studies. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Sidney Taylor holds a tray of pastries in the bakery section of Giant Foods in Dumfries, VA. Credit: USDA.		U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 62, Mars, France. : Operating room showing improvised pitcher tips for sterile water, and also improvised instrument tray and lighting. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	This girl is using a special mouth tray ... with flouride solution ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by M. Jacot..		When "Mom" returned with a tray, there was no cheerier in the county, nor any happier party. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption
	Inserting change into a soda machine; soda can dropping to the receiving tray.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	But the Professor hastily moved the tray out of his reach
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Freeze juice in an ice cube tray and eat it like a popsicle. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	McDonald's shut the protest down by agreeing with the protesters and putting donation boxes, posters, and tray liners which will inform customers of the terrible conditions in Africa.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Tray" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tray" is used about 1,437 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	1,437	5,614

Expressions using "tray": alms tray ♦ ash tray ♦ baking tray ♦ breakfast tray ♦ cafeteria tray ♦ cheese tray ♦ developing tray ♦ drip tray ♦ filing tray ♦ ice tray ♦ microtiter tray ♦ pending tray ♦ plant tray ♦ seedling tray ♦ stainless steel tray ♦ tea tray ♦ tray cloth ♦ tray table. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "tray": tray-bake, tray-load, Tray-trip.
	Ending with "tray": out-tray, tea-tray.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "tray"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tabaka (chase, plate, salver, server, waiter), sirtar (drawer, file, pigeonhole), shportë (basket, hamper, pannier, pot), kuti (box, canister, case, casket, container, crate, receptacle, sandbank, Square, thriftbox), govatë (cavity, chute, depression, dough-trough, eye socket, eyehole, hollow, manger, seed-can, shoot, stall, trough, washtub). (various references)

Arabic		‏طبق (apply, carry out, clench, close, dish, effect, enforce, live, operation, paten, plate, practise, waiter), ‏صينية (griddle). (various references)

Basque		erretilu. (various references)

Bulgarian		табла (backgammon, salver, waiter), табличка, корито (course, scour), поднос (platter, salver, waiter). (various references)

Chinese		盤子 , 盤 (dish, to build, to check, to coil, to examine, to transfer), 盘子 (Trays), 屜 (drawer, penis, tier). (various references)

Czech		tácek (coaster), tác (salver), podnos, miska (bowl, dish, pan, plate, porringer). (various references)

Danish		trayforpakning, spirekasse (flat, plant tray, seedling tray), skive (dial, disc, disk, record), rende (apron, channel, chute, cutting, diversion cut, drain, duct, furrow, glass receiver, grip, groove, gut, gutter, lead, rill, scoop, sulcus, tin, tray bar, trench, trough), plantebakke (flat, plant tray, seedling tray), bund i destillationstårn (column plate, exchange-plate), bund (base, basement, bottom, Bund, Bund contract, floor, invert, jacket, plate, platform, punt, substratum), batteribakke, batteribærekasse, bakke (hill). (various references)

Dutch		presenteerblad, dienblad. (various references)

Esperanto		pleto. (various references)

Faeroese		trygil, trog (manger, trough), bakki. (various references)

Farsi		سینی (Dish, Paten), طبق , جعبه دوخانه . (various references)

Finnish		tarjotin (salver). (various references)

French		plateau (truck bed). (various references)

German		Tablett (salver, tableau, tray table), Ablagekasten, Ablage (clipboard, deposit, deposition, filing, ledge, place to keep, stacker, stacking). (various references)

Greek		δίσκος (album, disc, disk, record, single). (various references)

Hebrew		מדף (ledge, plank, rack, shelf, tab), מגש (salver), טס (fly on plane, plate, platter), נחותה. (various references)

Hungarian		tálca (salver), serpenyő (boiler, frying pan, pan, skillet, spider, stewing-pan, stew-pan, trough). (various references)

Indonesian		talam, nampan, batil (copper bowl, evil, false, invalid, plate), baki (remainder, residue, small tray). (various references)

Italian		vassoio (dish, salver). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		膳 (meal, table), 盆 (Festival of the Dead, Lantern Festival), 盤 (record, shallow bowl), トルコ帽 (fez, house trailer, sweat pants, sweat shirt, sweatshirt, tolerance, Tolstoy, toreador, toreador pants, tornado, torso, tortilla, trace, tracer, tracing, tracing paper, trade, trade money, trade show, trade union, trademark, trade-off, trader, trading, trading company, trail bike, trailer, trailer bus, trailer house, train, trainer, training, training camp, training pants, training shoes, training wear, training wizard, tread, trekker, tremolo, trench coat, trenching, troubadour, very good). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぜん (ago, all, before, cancer, complete, entire, former, good, goodness, meal, niche or alcove for an image, one-time, overall, pan, prayer, previous, right, table, the above, virtue, vow, whole, wish, Zen), トレー , ぼん (Festival of the Dead, Lantern Festival, mediocrity), ばん (all, barbarian, evening, many, record, shallow bowl, size). (various references)

Korean		쟁반 (Trays). (various references)

Manx		trenshoor (platter, salver, trencher), dollan (bodhran, drum, tambour, winnowing fan). (various references)

Occitan		platèl. (various references)

Pig Latin		aytray.(various references)

Portuguese		bandeja (Pan, pot, waiter), tabuleiro (board, flake, game board). (various references)

Romanian		tipsie (brazier, patella, salver), tavã (charger, griddle, head, platter, salver, waiter), taler (pan, thaler), tablã (backgammon, blackboard, board, sheet, slab, slate, tin), sinie, platou (plateau, tableland), albie (bed, bottom, channel, layer, pan, river bed, sow, trough, tub). (various references)

Russian		поддон (pan). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		tas (pan, plate), poslužavnik (salver, server), plato (plateau). (various references)

Spanish		bandeja (plate, salver, server), cajón (bin, case, coffin, crate, drawer, locker, take, till), batea (pan, punt). (various references)

Swedish		tråg (hod, trough), bricka (badge, check, counter, disc, disk, pawn, salver, spacer, tablemat, tile, waiter, washer), back (back, bowl, fo'c's'le, forecastle, kid, reverse, shoe). (various references)

Thai		ที่ใส่ขนมอบลักษณะแบนและทำด้วยโลหะ (baking tray). (various references)

Turkish		tepsi (salver, server), tabla (table), sini. (various references)

Ukrainian		кошик (basket, cleave, leap), лотік, піднос (cabaret, salver, server, waiter). (various references)

Vietnamese		mâm ngăn hòm, khay (salver). (various references)

Welsh		hambwrdd. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Akkadian	3000 BCE-Modern	passuru. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	alvei, alveo, alveos, alveum, alveus, scutras. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Amos Chapter 9, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Dioti idou egw entellomai kai likmiw en pasi toiV eqnesin ton oikon tou israhl on tropon likmatai en tw likmw kai ou mh pesh suntrimma epi thn ghn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ecce enim ego mandabo et concutiam in omnibus gentibus domum Israhel sicut concutitur in cribro et non cadet lapillus super terram
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Loo! sotheli Y shal comaunde, and shal smyte in alle folkis the hous of Yrael, as whete is smyten in a rydil, and a lytil stoon of it shal not falle on erthe.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	For lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	For see, I will give orders, and I will have Israel moved about among all the nations, as grain is moved about by the shaking of the tray, but not the smallest seed will be dropped on the earth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Amos Chapter 9, Verse 9
Albanian	"Sepse ja, unë do të jap urdhrin dhe do ta shosh shtëpinë e Izraelit midis gjithë kombeve, ashtu si bëhet me shoshën, por në tokë nuk do të bjerë as kokrra më e vogël e grurit.
Cebuano	Kay, ania karon, ako magasugo, ug ayagon ko ang balay sa Israel taliwala sa tanang mga nasud, ingon sa mga lugas nga pagaayagon sa ayagan, apan walay bisan usa ka lugas nga bugas nga matagak sa yuta,
Croatian	"Jer, gle, zapovijed æu dati i rastresti dom Izraelov meðu sve narode, k'o što se trese žito u rešetu, da ni zrnce na zemlju ne padne.
Danish	thi se, jeg byder, at Israels Hus skal sigtes blandt alle Folkene, som man sigter med Sold, uden at et Korn falder til Jorden.
Dutch	Want ziet, Ik geef bevel, en Ik zal het huis Israels onder al de heidenen schudden, gelijk als zaad geschud wordt in een zeef; en niet een steentje zal er ter aarde vallen.
Finnish	Sillä katso, minä käsken seuloa Israelin heimoa kaikkien kansain seassa, niinkuin seulalla seulotaan: ei jyvääkään putoa maahan.
French	Car voici, je donnerai mes ordres, Et je secouerai la maison d`Israël parmi toutes les nations, Comme on secoue avec le crible, Sans qu`il tombe à terre un seul grain.
German	Denn siehe, ich will befehlen und das Haus Israel unter alle Heiden sichten lassen, gleichwie man mit einem Sieb sichtet, und kein Körnlein soll auf die Erde fallen.
Hungarian	Mert ímé, én parancsolok és szétrázom Izráel házát minden népek között, a mint a rostával rázogatnak; de nem esik a földre egy szemecske sem.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Aku akan memberi perintah dan menampi bangsa Israel seperti orang menampi gandum dalam nyiru. Untuk menyingkirkan semua yang tak berguna di antara mereka, Aku akan mengocok mereka di antara bangsa-bangsa.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Karena sesungguhnya Aku akan berfirman, supaya bangsa Israel dikiraikan di antara segala bangsa, seperti dikiraikan orang akan nyiru dan sebijipun tiada akan jatuh ke bumi.
Maori	No te mea, tenei ahau te whakahau nei, a ka tataria e ahau te whare o Iharaira ki roto ki nga iwi katoa, ka peratia me te witi e tataria ana ki te tatari, e kore ano tetahi pata ririki e taka ki te whenua.
Norwegian	For se, jeg byder at Israels ætt skal rystes blandt alle folkeslag, likesom en ryster med et sold, og ikke et korn faller til jorden.
Rumanian	,,Cqci iatq, voi porunci, wi voi vkntura casa lui Israel kntre toate neamurile, cum se vknturq cu ciurul, fqrq sq cadq un singur bob la pqmknt!
Spanish	Pues he aquí que yo mandaré y haré que la casa de Israel sea sacudida entre las naciones, como se sacude en un harnero, sin que caiga a tierra un solo grano.
Swedish	Ty se, jag skall låta ett bud utgå, att Israels hus må bliva siktat bland alla hednafolken, såsom siktades det i ett såll; icke det minsta korn skall falla på jorden.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "tray": trayful, trayfuls, trays. (additional references)
	Words ending with "tray": ashtray, astray, betray, estray, portray, stray. (additional references)
	Words containing "tray": ashtrays, betrayal, betrayals, betrayed, betrayer, betrayers, betraying, betrays, estrayed, estraying, estrays, portrayal, portrayals, portrayed, portrayer, portrayers, portraying, portrays, strayed, strayer, strayers, straying, strays. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Tray" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ataraxy, tari, tarmy, tarray, tarty, tarvy, tary, taryn, tay, taya, tayo, terai, thay, tirey, torey, Tornay, tra, traa, Trab, trac, traf, trag, trah, trai, traie, traik, traiz, traj, trak, tral, tran, traq, trar, trav, travy, Travyth, traw, trax, traz, trba, Treby, Tredy, trei, treky, trely, treny, treyf, treyn, triaryl, tricy, trigy, triky, trimy, trisy, troxy, troye, troyl, truey, truvy, trwy, tryr, tyar, xtra. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "tray" (pronounced trā")
3	t r ā"	astray, betray, portray, stray, Trey.
2	-r ā"	Brae, Bray, defray, dray, fray, Gray, grey, hooray, hurray, pray, prey, puree, Ray, re, soiree, spray.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: arty.
	Words within the letters "a-r-t-y"
	-1 letter: art, rat, ray, rya, tar, try, yar.
	-2 letters: ar, at, ay, ta, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-r-t-y"
	+1 letter: artsy, lyart, party, ratty, rhyta, satyr, stray, tardy, tarry, tarty, teary, trays, tryma, warty, yurta.
	+2 letters: aroynt, artery, artily, astray, azerty, baryta, baryte, betray, bratty, crafty, datary, drafty, earthy, eatery, elytra, estray, gantry, gyrate, hearty, lyrate, martyr, notary, paltry, pantry, parity, partly, pastry, raptly, rarity, ratany, ratify, rattly, realty, rotary, satyrs, smarty, starry, stayer, strawy, strays, stylar, styrax, swarty, tartly, tawdry, trashy, treaty, tyrant, votary, wastry, watery, wrathy, yantra, yarest, yatter, yttria.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
tray	369	outlook tray	48
serving tray	211	express outlook tray	46
minimize to tray	201	breakfast tray	44
tv tray	189	manager tray	44
cable tray	181	food tray	42
keyboard tray	169	silver tray	42
system tray	157	magician tray	35
tray table	130	cookie houston tray	34
bed tray	115	ice tray	29
minimize system tray	102	coin tray	29
plastic tray	98	coca cola tray	28
ash tray	96	shower tray	27
tray ceiling	78	ergonomic keyboard tray	27
fruit tray	75	lap tray	27
ice cube tray	71	vegetable tray	27
party tray	57	jewelry tray	26
tray minimizer	55	cheese tray	25
vanity tray	55	car seat tray	25
cookie tray	49	big tray	25
outlook system tray	48	warming tray	25
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Tray

Definition: Tray

Tray

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