Trey vs. Tray

Trey vs. Tray — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Trey and Tray

Treynoun

A playing card or die with the rank of three.

Traynoun

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.

Treynoun

A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.

Traynoun

A flat carrier for items being transported.

Make sure that tray of eggs is properly loaded.

Treynoun

A three-pointer.

Traynoun

The items on a full tray.

Before long they had consumed a whole tray of shrimp cocktails and sent for another.
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Treynoun

(informal) The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.

Traynoun

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.

Treynoun

The third branch of a deer's antler.

Traynoun

  A notification area used for icons and alerts.

Treynoun

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

Traynoun

(obsolete) Trouble; annoyance; anger.

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Treynoun

one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips

Trayverb

(transitive) To place (items) on a tray.

Be sure to tray eggs with the large end up.

Trayverb

(intransitive) To slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.

Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades.

Trayverb

To grieve; annoy.

Trayverb

To betray.

Traynoun

an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food