trays

noun

Definition of traysnext
plural of tray
as in plates

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  1. plates
  2. cups
  3. waiters
  4. servers
  5. saucers
Noun
  • The 18 course tasting menu comes as a series of tiny plates, with snow crab from Norway, squid from the West coast, a bye-catch from the shrimp trawlers’ nets, and bleak roe from Lake Mälaren.
    Heather Farmbrough, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Staff now eat from smaller plates in the canteen to cut food waste; anything left goes to some of the luckiest pigs in Sweden.
    Heather Farmbrough, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of plates
Noun
  • People with flu-like symptoms are advised to cover their mouth when coughing or sneezing, wash their hands frequently with soap and water, avoid sharing cups and cutlery with others, avoid kissing others and stay at home to recover.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • In late August, Vrabel walked up to his favorite diner in Nashville, two cups of Starbucks in hand — one, a quad espresso, for him, and the other for the journalist spending the day with him.
    Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of cups
Noun
  • Diners are pulling back on tipping, but waiters and table bussers are still coming out narrowly ahead.
    J.J. McCorvey, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Here, like Kings and Queens, you’ll be called into the Alain Ducasse restaurant by the bang of a wooden staff—with waiters dressed in period costumes (designed by Terre et Ciel).
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of waiters
Noun
  • Organizations pour billions into vulnerability scanners and management tools to identify weak spots across their systems—from servers and cloud infrastructure to applications and endpoints.
    Oren Koren, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Vulnerability reports for both POP3 email servers and IMAP email hosts can be found on the Shadowserver Foundation site.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of servers
Noun
  • Then came the tray, the sweet clamor of cups and saucers.
    Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Keep in Mind Matching saucers are sold separately.
    Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of saucers
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