tray

A flat object with raised edges, used for carrying or serving food and drinks.

• Put the cups on the tray.
• She carried a tray of sandwiches outside.
• Could you bring another tray for the plates?

Common phrases: serving tray, tray of food, on a tray, carry a tray

The amount of food or other things held on one flat carrying surface.

• They ate a whole tray of cookies.
• We ordered two trays of sandwiches.
• One tray will feed six people.

How to use it: tray of something (We ate a tray of small cakes.)

Similar words: trayful

Common phrases: tray of something, whole tray, another tray

To put things on a flat carrying surface for storage, serving, or transport.

• Tray the eggs carefully.
• The kitchen staff trayed the meals before lunch.
• We need to tray these cakes for delivery.

Common phrases: tray the eggs, tray the food

To slide down a snowy hill while sitting on a cafeteria carrying surface.

• Students tray on the snowy hill.
• We trayed down the slope after lunch.
• They were traying behind the cafeteria all afternoon.

How to use it: tray down something (The students trayed down the snowy slope.)

Common phrases: tray downhill, tray down something