tray

noun

Definition of traynext
as in plate

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Recent Examples of tray The museum team used passive convection cooling via a steel rack chassis and aluminum tray mounts for each Mac Mini. — ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026 Lab technician Aleksej Kubelka carefully opened the large machine and slid out a tray. — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026 How a room smells does as much heavy lifting as a house plant or a lacquer tray might. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026 Instead, look for a multi-use phone holder like the Lisen one that clips onto the tray table and your luggage handle. — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tray
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tray
  1. plate
  2. bowl
  3. cup
  4. platter
  5. server
  6. casserole
  7. waiter
  8. saucer
Noun
  • Most electric cars combat this by laying a flat cooling plate underneath the battery.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Fruits and vegetables Those trying to lose belly fat should load up their plates with vegetables that are low in calories and full of fiber, Aziz said.
    — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of plate
Noun
  • The Boilermakers must now win three of their last five games to become bowl eligible.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Why risk injury and participate in a bowl where there is virtually no upside?
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of bowl
Noun
  • For Japanese-style short-grain white rice, a rough stovetop starting point is 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups of water per cup of rice.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Tents are set up along the river for everyone to have a place to warm up, get a cup of coffee or a change of clothes.
    — Anna Meiler, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of cup
Noun
  • Carefully transfer the fish to a wire rack to drain, then transfer to a large platter.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Brats in buns were piled high with brown mustard and sauerkraut, while a sausage sampler platter (for $18) featured three types of German sausages and spaetzle.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of platter
Noun
  • Under the arrangement with Discover-Tech, targets with specific profiles of interest to the Candiru customers received ads that carried JavaScript or other code that connected to Candiru’s control servers.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Trillion-dollar companies are spending, and borrowing, big sums for servers, memory and other components that will be used in data centers.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of server
Noun
  • Giant roasting pans, oversized stockpots, fondue sets, multi-tier serving stands, and massive casserole dishes are worth reconsidering.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That might be a big casserole of stuffing, a batch of chocolate chip cookies, or any situation in which adding too little salt would be a hard deficit to overcome later on.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of casserole
Noun
  • Here was the waiter striding toward them carrying Nina’s salad and a basket of bread.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The waiter arrived, a young man named Tyler, who took our drink order.
    — Larry Padgett, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of waiter
Noun
  • His ceramic cups sit in saucers that are more like volcano cones, geologic.
    — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Goddard said she was amused during last week’s performances to serve audiences a complimentary cup and saucer of Abigail’s tea blend and gauge flavor reactions.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of saucer

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