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A tray is a shallow platform designed for carrying things. It is larger than a salver
Salver

A salver is a flat tray of silver or other metal used for carrying or serving drinkware, drinkware and dishware at table or for the presenting of a Letter or greeting card by a servant ....
, a diminutive version commonly used for lighter and smaller servings, and it can be fashioned from numerous materials, including silver, brass, sheet iron, wood, melamine
Melamine

Melamine is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass and, if mixed with resins, has fire retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred, and has several other industrial uses....
, and Papier-mâché
Papier-mâché

Papier-m?ch? , sometimes called paper-m?ch?, is a construction material that consists of pieces of paper, sometimes reinforced with textiles, stuck together using a wet paste ....
. Some examples have raised galleries
Gallery

Gallery may refer to:* An art gallery* Gallery , an element in architecture: a long hallway or long, narrow room, frequently decorated with sculptures and frescoes...
, handles, and short feet for support.

Trays are flat, but with raised edges to stop things from sliding off of them.






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A tray is a shallow platform designed for carrying things. It is larger than a salver
Salver

A salver is a flat tray of silver or other metal used for carrying or serving drinkware, drinkware and dishware at table or for the presenting of a Letter or greeting card by a servant ....
, a diminutive version commonly used for lighter and smaller servings, and it can be fashioned from numerous materials, including silver, brass, sheet iron, wood, melamine
Melamine

Melamine is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass and, if mixed with resins, has fire retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred, and has several other industrial uses....
, and Papier-mâché
Papier-mâché

Papier-m?ch? , sometimes called paper-m?ch?, is a construction material that consists of pieces of paper, sometimes reinforced with textiles, stuck together using a wet paste ....
. Some examples have raised galleries
Gallery

Gallery may refer to:* An art gallery* Gallery , an element in architecture: a long hallway or long, narrow room, frequently decorated with sculptures and frescoes...
, handles, and short feet for support.

Trays are flat, but with raised edges to stop things from sliding off of them. They are made in a range of shapes but are commonly found in oval or rectangular
Rectangle

In geometry, a rectangle is a Closed set planar quadrilateral with four right angles. A rectangle with vertices ABCD would be denoted as .A rectangle with adjacent sides of lengths a and b has area ab and diagonals of equal length ....
 forms, sometimes with cutout or attached handles with which to carry them.

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*A butler's tray often has a gallery, or deeper surround, handles on the short sides to facilitate carrying (usually cut into the surround), and a portable stand with folding legs. It is used for the service of drinks and generally serves as a convenient side table.

  • A cafeteria tray is used for carrying items in a cafeteria
    Cafeteria

    A cafeteria is a type of food service location in which there is little or no table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a canteen or dining hall....
    . It is typically made of plastic
    Plastic

    Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic chemistry solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products....
     or fiberglass
    Fiberglass

    Fiberglass, , is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. It is used as a reinforcing agent for many polymer products; the resulting composite material, properly known as fiber-reinforced polymer or glass-reinforced plastic , is called "fiberglass" in popular usage....
    . A compartment tray or mess tray is a cafeteria tray designed to be used directly, without dishes - it incorporates shallow compartments in which different types of food are placed.


  • Surgical trays, used to carry surgical instruments, are rectangular and made of stainless steel
    Stainless steel

    In metallurgy, stainless steel is defined as a steel alloy with a minimum of 10% chromium content by mass. Stainless steel does not stain, corrode, or rust as easily as ordinary steel , but it is not stain-proof....
     to resist the heat of sterilization
    Sterilization (microbiology)

    Sterilization refers to any process that effectively kills or eliminates transmissible agents from a surface, equipment, article of food or medication, or biological culture medium....
     without corrosion
    Corrosion

    Corrosion means the breaking down of essential properties in a material due to chemical reactions with its surroundings. In the most common use of the word, this means a loss of electrons of metals reacting with water and oxygen....
    .


  • In horticulture
    Horticulture

    'Horticulture' is the industry and science of plant cultivation. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, Crop , plant breeding and genetic engineering, plant biochemistry, and plant physiology....
    , seed trays are used for propagating vegetables and flowers and other plants from seed
    Sowing

    Sowing is the process of planting seeds.However, before sowing, good quality seeds should be selected to produce a high yield....
    . They are also used for taking plant cuttings. The trays for seedling production are made of expanded polystyrene or polythene. They come in many sizes; the most common are the Danish and the European sized trays.


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See also

  • TV tray
    TV tray

    A TV tray or TV dinner tray is a type of collapsible furniture that functions as a small, portable table . It became popular in the 1950s as a way to hold food and beverage items while watching television, the iconic item being a TV dinner....
  • Thali
    Thali

    Thali is an Indian meal with contents varying from one Indian cuisine to another. A thali is a selection of different dishes, usually served in small bowls on a round tray....


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