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# trey

noun (a trey, treys); name (Trey)

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

## Everyday

1. A trey is a card, dice face or domino with three spots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trey/#m1)
2. (US, slang) In basketball, a trey is a shot scored from far away that is worth three points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trey/#m2)
3. Trey is also a boy's name (a name), often used in the USA. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trey/#m3)

### In the lessons

In card games and dice games it names the three; in sports talk in the USA, «hit a trey» means score a three-pointer; it helps in maths games with cards and dice.

### Examples

- I need a trey to win this round of cards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trey/#x1)
- The dice showed a trey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trey/#x2)
- He hit a trey just before the buzzer (US, slang). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trey/#x3)
- The trey of hearts was the last card in the pack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trey/#x4)
- My friend Trey lives next door (a name). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trey/#x5)

### Note

Old word coming from French «trois» (three). Rare in the UK except in card talk. Maths: a trey counts as 3.

## On Mova

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