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Definition of Tea tray
1. Noun. A tray that accommodates a tea service.
Definition of Tea tray
1. Noun. A tray, usually ornate and made of metal, sometimes of silver, for holding a tea service. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tea Tray
Literary usage of Tea tray
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1901)
"Tea-tray Table, 1750-75. A little tea-table belonging to the writer, and dating
about the middle of the eighteenth century, is shown in Figure 205. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"The Newark tea tray Company is a New Jersey corporation, doing business in that
Stale, ... On drafts of Rogers & Burchfield on the Newark tea tray Co., ..."
3. Historical and Biographical Essays by John Forster (1858)
"... face-blackened man entered, in a regimental suit of King George the Second's
body-guard, with a flowing Ramilies wig, " but where is " the tea-tray? ..."
4. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Round silver tea-tray, weighing 18+ ounces. ... tea tray, antique pattern, chased
centre. Tea-urn, clmm-d, and «liver-mounted. Tea-kettle and stand, ..."
5. The Works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë, Patrick Branwell Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë (1896)
"Could you get into a new way of doing something ? " and t' bit of a mahogany
stand, and t' wife's bonny tea-tray and set o' cheeney 'at ..."
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