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How to use tray in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Tray means a small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried. Example: “I carefully arranged the dishes on the tray and brought it upstairs.”

Examples of tray by meaning

nounA 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.
  • Make sure that tray of eggs is properly loaded.
  • Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 2, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

nounThe items on a full tray.

  • Before long they had consumed a whole tray of shrimp cocktails and sent for another.

nounA component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.

  • The CD tray will not open.
  • The loader is responsible for placing the work on the trays for the plating machines.

verbTo place (items) on a tray.

  • Be sure to tray eggs with the large end up.

verbTo slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.

  • Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades.

More sentences with tray

  • Breweriana includes beer cans, bottles, openers, coasters, beer trays, wooden cases and neon signs.From the entry breweriana
  • She pre-positioned the surgical instruments in trays on a numbered rack.From the entry pre-position
  • The pre-positioned surgical instruments stood ready in trays on a numbered rack.From the entry pre-positioned
  • Which side of the tray shall I put it on? The patient was bleeding on the right side.From the entry side
  • The dentist set down his tray of instruments.From the entry instrument
  • Once the seed tray is filled with compost, insert the seeds spaced 3 cm apart from one another.From the entry compost
  • When he knocked the tray of type sorts onto the floor, he simply scooped everything back into the compartments, all unsorted.From the entry unsorted
  • Make sure your cup doesn't slide off the tray.From the entry slide off
  • Please cook the potatoes on this tray: it's ovenproof.From the entry ovenproof
  • Place the ingredients in a margarined baking tray.From the entry margarined
  • The tray was overladen with food.From the entry overladen
  • If you put that weight on the edge of the tray, it will unbalance it and dump all of the dishes on the floor.From the entry unbalance
  • When he did come back eventually, he brought a tray of cakes for our girls.2020, Christine Trueman, See You Again, One Time in Saint Helena. From the entry one time
  • Just the meat, not the wrapping, not the tray, not the soaker pad on the inside.2020 February 3, Brett Willhite, quotee, “Who Checks To Make Sure Grocery Store Scales Are Accurate?”, in WCCO, CBS News. From the entry soaker pad
  • Retortable trays have a semi-rigid or rigid boy and a sealable flexible lid.2018, Dennis R. Heldman, Daryl B. Lund, Cristina Sabliov, Handbook of Food Engineering, page 1088. From the entry retortable
  • Place the ensaïmadas on a couple of baking trays and cover them with a damp tea towel.2017, Si King, Dave Myers, “Ensaïmadas: Mallorcan Spiral Pastries”, in The Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure: 150 Easy and Tasty…. From the entry ensaïmada
  • I sit by the tray and dip a strawberry in the bowl of cream.2016, Gena Showalter, Firstlife, →ISBN. From the entry mouth-gasm
  • Demon attendants scuttled about, carrying trays filled with delectable treats and lots and lots of alcohol.2015 March 20, Mimi Sebastian, The Necromancer's Redemption, ImaJinn Books, →ISBN. From the entry Death in the Afternoon
  • As he handed the tray over, he heard the knocker echo through the house.2014, Heather Boyd -, Just a Dream, →ISBN. From the entry cast up one's accounts
  • The vapor limit depends on tray design, with valve trays being the most rangeable.2013, William L. Luyben, Distillation Design and Control Using Aspen Simulation, →ISBN, page 13-42. From the entry rangeable
  • Another stale roll and cup of water sat on the tray he carried.2012, Stephen Woodworth, In Golden Blood: Number 3 in series. From the entry stale
  • I PUT ON my clear, dorktastic goggles automatically while Dylan fetched the dissecting tray.2012, James Patterson, chapter 20, in Nevermore: The Final Maximum Ride Adventure, Young Arrow, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry dorktastic
  • A page boy must carry the tray upstairs, but he's banned from actually serving it.2011, Patrick Kingsley, “Life with the Queen Mum revealed”, in The Guardian. From the entry faff
  • Holding out a tray with betel leaves and areca nut, they knelt before the strapping young boys.2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee. From the entry areca nut
  • On it right away!” acknowledged Alan humbly, taking the tray from him.2011, Lenny Francis, Ptsd of a Lesser Known Kind: An Allegory, page 59. From the entry blowbuddy
  • Arrange a tray with assorted bread slices and a big crock of herb butter.2010, Lucinda Hutson, The Herb Garden Cookbook: The Complete Gardening and Gourmet Guide, 2nd edition, University of Texas Press, →ISBN. From the entry herb butter
  • Lift each piadina onto a baking tray, drizzle with garlic oil (if using) and sprinkle with rosemary.2009, Pam Talimanidis, À La Grecque: Our Greek Table, Prahran, Vic.: Hardie Grant Books, →ISBN, page 184. From the entry piadina
  • The madling woman snatched the tray from his hands, giving it to the Fjeltroll to inspect.2006, Jacqueline Carey, Godslayer: Volume II of The Sundering. From the entry madling
  • With my tray table down, they were wedged in from every angle.2005, James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Honeymoon. From the entry minipretzel
  • A bottle cabinet is a base cabinet with pullout trays that are eggcrated to hold bottles.2005, Richard M. Scutella, How to Plan, Contract and Build Your Own Home, →ISBN, page 620. From the entry eggcrated
  • The system tray sits on the opposite end of the taskbar from the Start menu.2005, Dan Gookin, PCs For Dummies Quick Reference, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry system tray
  • After she’d seen Ronelle out the door, she fixed a tray for Molly.2005, Hollis Seamon, Flesh, New York, N.Y.: Memento Mori Mysteries, →ISBN, page 233. From the entry syruped

Meaning of tray

  1. noun A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
  2. noun The items on a full tray.
  3. noun A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.

Full definition of tray

Questions about tray in a sentence

How do you use tray in a sentence?
Tray is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I carefully arranged the dishes on the tray and brought it upstairs.”
What is a short sentence with tray?
“The CD tray will not open.”
What does tray mean?
Tray means a small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.

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