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tray

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/tɹeɪ/ English

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noun

  1. 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. A flat carrier for items being transported.“Make sure that tray of eggs is properly loaded.”
  3. The items on a full tray.“Before long they had consumed a whole tray of shrimp cocktails and sent for another.”
  4. A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.“The CD tray will not open.”

verb

  1. To place (items) on a tray“Be sure to tray eggs with the large end up.”
  2. To slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.“Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades.”

noun

  1. Trouble; annoyance; anger

verb

  1. To grieve; to annoy

verb

  1. To betray

noun

  1. A playing card or die with the rank of three.
  2. A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
  3. A three-pointer.
  4. The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.

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