tray has definitions from the field of food
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[ noun ] (food) an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

`` My nephews will be coming_down '' , she said that evening as Angelina brought her dinner into the dining_room , the whole meal on a vast linen covered tray .

Angelina placed the tray on the table and with a flick of dark wrist drew_off the cloth .

`` Um '' , said the old lady , and brought her eyes down to the tray .

Angelina stepped back , her eyes roaming the tray for omissions .

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

She filled a big pitcher and set it , with glasses , on a tray .

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