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# tray

noun (tray, trays)

«tray» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A tray is a flat board with low edges for carrying food, cups or plates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#m1)
2. A baking tray is a flat metal sheet for baking in the oven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#m2)
3. An ice cube tray holds water to freeze into cubes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#m3)
4. A tray on a desk holds papers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#m4)

### In the lessons

Maths: a container holding equal amounts (cookies per tray), an equal group: total = trays × per tray; trays = total ÷ per tray; arrays of muffins in rows and columns. Everyday: lunch tray, tea tray, seed tray, paint tray.

### Examples

- Each tray holds 12 cookies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#x1)
- She baked 4 trays of muffins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#x2)
- 36 cups fit on 3 trays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#x3)
- How many trays are needed for 50 cookies? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#x4)
- Carry your lunch tray carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#x5)
- Fill the ice cube tray and put it in the freezer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#x6)
- The muffin tray has 3 rows of 4 holes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#x7)
- Put your finished work in the tray on my desk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#x8)
- On the tray there was bread, roast chicken, fruit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a tray, trays. Equal groups: total = trays × per tray; trays = total ÷ per tray. Trap: round up when every item must fit (50 cookies, 12 per tray: 5 trays).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tray» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tray/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tray» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tray.html) on Mova free.