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tea tray

tea tray noun: a tray for holding a tea service.

Noun

tea tray (plural tea trays)

  1. A tray for holding a tea service.
    • Jingling in with the tea-tray, she absolutely trod on him. And exclaimed indignantly, "Jasper, you wicked dog, you nearly upset me."1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 145

Forms of tea tray

pluraltea trays
alternative formteatray

Questions about tea tray

What does tea tray mean?
Tea tray means a tray for holding a tea service.
What part of speech is tea tray?
Tea tray is a noun.
What is the plural of tea tray?
The plural of tea tray is tea trays.

Words near tea tray in the dictionary

  1. tea strainers
  2. tea table
  3. tea tables
  4. tea towel
  5. tea towels
  6. tea tray
  7. tea trays
  8. tea tree
  9. Tea Tree Gully
  10. tea tree oil
  11. tea tree oils

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