Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun As much as a tray will hold.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun As much as a tray will hold; enough to fill a tray.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun As much as a tray will hold.

Etymologies

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From tray +‎ -ful.

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Examples

  • Desserts should be simple, have guests bring cookies or brownies, or pick up a trayful at your local market.

    Colleen Mullaney: Party in the U.S.A.! 2010

  • Fill your bathroom sink one-third full of cold water and add a trayful of ice cubes.

    Best in Beauty Riku Campo 2010

  • Desserts should be simple, have guests bring cookies or brownies, or pick up a trayful at your local market.

    Colleen Mullaney: Party in the U.S.A.! 2010

  • He looked down at the trayful of beer and oatmeal, at his own virtually transparent hands.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • He looked down at the trayful of beer and oatmeal, at his own virtually transparent hands.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • Susan, you don't just have a full plate, you have a trayful!

    Assistance, Assorted Susan Palwick 2009

  • He looked down at the trayful of beer and oatmeal, at his own virtually transparent hands.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • He looked down at the trayful of beer and oatmeal, at his own virtually transparent hands.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • He looked down at the trayful of beer and oatmeal, at his own virtually transparent hands.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • I blinked, I saw: a trayful of ripe naseberries, nesting.

    slayground: Poetry Friday: A Nest Full of Stars Little Willow 2006

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