{
    "term": "tray",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "image": "data/images/pa/packaging.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a flat piece of wood, metal or plastic with raised edges, used for carrying or holding things, especially food",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He brought her breakfast in bed on a tray."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She came in with a tray of drinks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a tea tray"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He balanced the tray on his knees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a heavily laden tray"
                },
                {
                    "text": "waiters bearing trays of champagne"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["breakfast", "dinner", "lunch"],
                "verb + tray": ["bear", "carry", "pick up"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the tray", "tray of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a shallow plastic box, used for various purposes",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a seed tray *(= for planting seeds in)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cat’s litter tray"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an ice tray *(= for making ice cubes)*"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/treɪ/",
                "audio": "tr/tray/tray__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/treɪ/",
                "audio": "tr/tray/tray__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English trīg, from the Germanic base of tree; the primary sense may have been ‘wooden container’."
}