trays

noun

plural of tray
as in plates

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Recent Examples of trays Serving trays for entertaining over $50 This classy Mother of Pearl serving tray is made to order with custom sizing and trim. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trays
  1. plates
  2. cups
  3. bowls
  4. waiters
  5. servers
  6. saucers
Noun
  • The exhibition presents 63 original prints and limited-edition ceramics, including vessels, plates, pitchers and sculptural forms created by the artist after 1947.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Kitchen serves salumi plates and local bread, perfect for refueling after skiing, snowmobile tours, and horseback riding at Turpin Meadow Ranch.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of plates
Noun
  • The front counter handwashing sink was blocked by cases of soda, pizza boxes and boxes of cups.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that adults eat about 2 cups of fruit a day on a 2,000-calorie diet.
    — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of cups
Noun
  • The upscale bar features several beers on tap, cocktails, a wide selection of appetizers, burgers, salads, flatbreads, sandwiches, bowls and mains.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Sharp had worked in public relations and was also a gifted ceramics artist who created minimalistic vases and softly sloping bowls.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of bowls
Noun
  • He is venerated as the patron saint of Vienna and Warsaw as well as bakers and waiters.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • On a recent morning, waiters rolled them around the lounge, offering guests strawberry doughnuts.
    — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of waiters
Noun
  • Unlike a lot of artificial intelligence companies, SpaceX earns a profit from selling time on its servers and cloud platforms to other AI companies.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Instead of sending raw sensor data to remote servers, an AI model running on an energy-efficient microcontroller processes the information directly at the measurement site.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of servers
Noun
  • His ceramic cups sit in saucers that are more like volcano cones, geologic.
    — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The delicate teacups and saucers (like many of the hotel’s ceramics) are made by Noritake—a historic Japanese ceramics company which produced the nation’s first Western-style dinner set in 1914, just a few years after the prison opened.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of saucers

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