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tray
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: tr?, IPA(key): /t?e?/
- Homophones: trey, trait (one pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -e?
Etymology 1
From Middle English treye, from Old English tr??, tr?? (“wooden board, tray”), from Proto-Germanic *trawj? (“wooden vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *drewo-, *dóru (“tree; wood”). Cognate with Old Norse treyja (“carrier”), Old Swedish trø (“wooden grain measure”), Low German Treechel (“dough trough”), Ancient Greek ??????? (drouít?, “tub, vat”), Sanskrit ????? (dro?a, “trough”). Related to trough and tree.
Noun
tray (plural trays)
- A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
- (by extension) The items on a full tray.
- Synonym: trayful
- A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
- (computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
- 2007, Brian Livingston, Paul Thurrott, Windows Vista Secrets
- […] some developers try to use it that way for some reason (some applications inexplicably minimize to the tray rather than to the taskbar as they should).
- 2007, Brian Livingston, Paul Thurrott, Windows Vista Secrets
- (computing, business) A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
- (Australia) The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled.
- Synonym: bed
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
tray (third-person singular simple present trays, present participle traying, simple past and past participle trayed)
- (transitive) to place (items) on a tray
- (intransitive) to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.
Etymology 2
From Middle English traye, treie, from Old English trega (“misfortune, misery, trouble, grief, pain”), from Proto-Germanic *tregô (“mourning”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg?- (“unwilling, sullen, slack”). Cognate with Icelandic tregi (“sorrow, grief”), Gothic ???????????????????? (trig?, “grief”).
Noun
tray (plural trays)
- (obsolete) trouble; annoyance; anger
Derived terms
- half in tray and teen
Etymology 3
From Middle English trayen, treien, from Old English tregian (“to trouble, harass, vex”), from Proto-Germanic *treg?n? (“to become tedious, become lazy, sadden”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg?- (“unwilling, sullen, slack”).
Verb
tray (third-person singular simple present trays, present participle traying, simple past and past participle trayed)
- (transitive, obsolete) to grieve; to annoy
Etymology 4
From Middle English trayen, from Old French trair (“to betray”), from Latin trad? (“hand over, betray”). More at betray. Doublet of trade.
Verb
tray (third-person singular simple present trays, present participle traying, simple past and past participle trayed)
- (transitive, obsolete) to betray
Etymology 5
Noun
tray (plural trays)
- Alternative form of trey (“third branch of deer's antler”)
Further reading
- tray on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Arty, arty
Kavalan
Noun
tray
- electric wire; barbed wire
Malay
Etymology
From English try.
Verb
tray
- (Sanggau) To try.
Synonyms
- cuba (standard)
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trax
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?æks/
- Homophone: tracks
Noun
trax
- (slang, nonstandard) plural of track
trax From the web:
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