trayful en · NOUN
Etymology
From tray + -ful.
Meanings
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As much as a tray will hold.
The fat man took his place on the doorstep behind what had been the kitchen table and his friends came forward with a trayful of the china dogs.
1929, Rachel Field, chapter XVII, in Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, page 198:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trayfuls | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| traysful | Number=Plur | lexicographic |