Tray

For a GUI component called "tray", see Taskbar.
Russian Zhostovo tray.
Brass plate circa 1920.
Waiter with waitperson service tray in Vienna, Austria.

A tray is a shallow platform designed for carrying things. It can be fashioned from numerous materials, including silver, brass, sheet iron, paperboard, wood, melamine, and molded pulp. Trays range in cost from inexpensive molded pulp trays which are disposable, to inexpensive melamine trays used in cafeterias, to mid-priced wooden trays used in a home, to expensive silver trays used in luxury hotels. Some examples have raised galleries, handles, and short feet for support.

Trays are flat, but with raised edges to stop things from sliding off them. They are made in a range of shapes but are commonly found in oval or rectangular forms, sometimes with cutout or attached handles with which to carry them.

Examples

Plastic tray.
A seed tray used in horticulture for sowing and taking plant cuttings and growing plugs
Pasztecik szczeciński on a small paper tray, with barszcz in a beaker, Poland
Molded pulp drink tray

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