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TRAY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TRAY?

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Need another word that means the same as “tray”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “tray” in this overview.

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Tray as a Noun
Definitions of "Tray" as a noun
Synonyms of "Tray" as a noun (3 Words)
Usage Examples of "Tray" as a noun
Associations of "Tray" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Tray” are: platter, plate, dish

Tray as a Noun

Definitions of "Tray" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tray” as a noun can have the following definitions:

An open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food.
A flat, shallow container with a raised rim, typically used for carrying food and drink, or for holding small items or loose material.

Synonyms of "Tray" as a noun (3 Words)

dish	The quantity that a dish will hold. The cats water dish.
plate	An amount of food on a plate. The book contains sixty colour plates.
platter	A quantity of food served on a platter. Huge platters of cooked meat.

Usage Examples of "Tray" as a noun

A baking tray.
They ate supper off a tray in front of the fire.
Seed trays.

Associations of "Tray" (30 Words)

bin	The quantity contained in a bin. She was a bit weird so I binned her off.
bowl	The contents of a bowl. A toilet bowl.
carton	The quantity contained in a carton. A carton* of milk.*
chopstick	Each of a pair of small, thin, tapered sticks of wood, ivory, or plastic, held together in one hand and used as eating utensils especially by the Chinese and the Japanese.
circular	Having a circular shape. A circular* letter was sent asking for support.*
coaster	A person who inhabits a specified coast. A West coaster.
container	A large metal box of a standard design and size used for the transport of goods by road, rail, sea, or air. The cakes will keep for up to two weeks if kept in an airtight container.
cup	Form one s hand or hands into the curved shape of a cup. He put the cup* back in the saucer.*
dine	Eat dinner. We often dine* with friends in this restaurant.*
dinner	A party of people assembled to have dinner together. A dinner* in honour of his homecoming.*
dish	The food contained or served in a dish. The cats water dish.
fork	Dig or move something with a fork. Turn right at the next fork.
funnel	A thing resembling a funnel in shape or function. The wind funnelled down through the valley.
gobble	Eat (something) hurriedly and noisily. These old houses just gobble* up money.*
gourd	A drinking or water container made from the hollowed and dried skin of a gourd.
grail	(in medieval legend) the cup or platter used by Christ at the Last Supper, and in which Joseph of Arimathea received Christ’s blood at the Cross. Quests for it undertaken by medieval knights are described in versions of the Arthurian legends written from the early 13th century onward. A cure for the common cold is the medical holy grail.
lid	An eyelid. His lids would stay open no longer.
meal	The food eaten during a meal. A bar serving light meals.
mortar	Attack or bombard with a mortar. Mortars and machine guns.
pestle	Crush or grind with a pestle. She measured seeds into the mortar and pestled them to powder.
potluck	Whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all. Having arrived unannounced we had to take potluck.
receptacle	A structure supporting the sexual organs in some algae, mosses, and liverworts. Fast food receptacles.
salver	A tray, typically one made of silver and used in formal circumstances.
saucer	Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate.
spoon	The contents of a spoon. He added two spoons of sugar.
table	A piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it. She sets a fine table.
tumbler	A glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom.
tureen	A deep covered dish from which soup is served.
utensil	A tool, container, or other article, especially for household use. Kitchen utensils.