tray /tɹeɪ/noun 8verb 4forms 3 noun8 •A 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. •A 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. •(Australia) The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled. •The items on a full tray.Before long they had consumed a whole tray of shrimp cocktails and sent for another. •(informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.[…]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 •A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging. •A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay) •(no longer used) trouble; annoyance; anger verb4 •to place (items) on a trayBe sure to tray eggs with the large end up. •to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades. •(no longer used) to grieve; to annoy •(no longer used) to betray formstrayed · traying · trays
