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traycloth

UK/ˈtɹeɪklɒθ/

traycloth noun: a cloth laid across a tray on which to serve dishes, food etc.

Noun

traycloth (plural traycloths)

  1. A cloth laid across a tray on which to serve dishes, food etc.
    • He'd bring her dinner on a tray with always a slightly soiled traycloth.1983, Angela Carter, “Sugar Daddy”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 31

Forms of traycloth

pluraltraycloths

Origin of traycloth

From tray + cloth.

Questions about traycloth

What does traycloth mean?
Traycloth means a cloth laid across a tray on which to serve dishes, food etc.
What part of speech is traycloth?
Traycloth is a noun.
How do you pronounce traycloth?
Traycloth is pronounced /ˈtɹeɪklɒθ/ (UK).
What is the plural of traycloth?
The plural of traycloth is traycloths.

Words near traycloth in the dictionary

  1. traybodies
  2. traybody
  3. traycase
  4. traycased
  5. traycases
  6. traycloth
  7. traycloths
  8. trayed
  9. Trayer
  10. Trayers
  11. trayf

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