The difference between Bed and Tray

When used as nouns, bed means a piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on. a prepared spot to spend the night in. one's place of sleep or rest. sleep, whereas tray means a small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.

When used as verbs, bed means senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. to go to a bed. to place in a bed. to put oneself to sleep. to furnish with a bed or bedding. to have sexual intercourse with, whereas tray means to place (items) on a tray.


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  1. Bed as a noun (usually after a preposition):

    A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on. A prepared spot to spend the night in. One's place of sleep or rest. Sleep; rest; getting to sleep. The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime. Time spent in a bed. Marriage. Sexual activity.

    Examples:

    "My cat often sleeps on my bed.<br />I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep."

    "When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket."

    "Go to bed!&emsp; I had breakfast in bed this morning."

    "He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film."

    "I read until bed."

    "Too much bed, not enough rest."

  2. Bed as a noun (printing, dated):

    A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river. An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found. A garden plot. A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad. The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled. A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship's floor; a pallet. The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid. The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned. A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks. Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.

    Examples:

    "The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce."

    "sea bed;&emsp; river bed;&emsp; lake bed;&emsp; There's a lot of trash on the bed of the river."

    "Oysters are farmed from their beds."

    "We added a new bush to our rose bed."

    "A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot."

    "The parcels were loaded onto the truck bed before transportation."

  3. Bed as a noun:

    A layer or surface. A deposit of ore, coal, etc. the smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below. The horizontal surface of a building stone. The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. A course of stone or brick in a wall.

    Examples:

    "the upper and lower beds'"

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  1. Bed as a verb (transitive):

    Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping. To go to a bed. To place in a bed. To put oneself to sleep. To furnish with a bed or bedding. To have sexual intercourse with.

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  2. Bed as a verb (transitive):

    Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid. To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed. To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement. To set out (plants) in a garden bed. To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. To settle, as machinery.

  1. Tray as a noun:

    A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.

    Examples:

    "I carefully arranged the dishes on the tray and brought it upstairs."

  2. Tray as a noun:

    A flat carrier for items being transported.

    Examples:

    "Make sure that tray of eggs is properly loaded."

  3. Tray as a noun:

    The items on a full tray.

    Examples:

    "Before long they had consumed a whole tray of shrimp cocktails and sent for another."

  4. Tray as a noun:

    A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.

    Examples:

    "The CD tray will not open."

    "The loader is responsible for placing the work on the trays for the plating machines."

  5. Tray as a noun (computing, graphical user interface, informal):

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  6. Tray as a noun (Australia):

  1. Tray as a verb (transitive):

    To place (items) on a tray.

    Examples:

    "Be sure to tray eggs with the large end up."

  2. Tray as a verb (intransitive):

    To slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.

    Examples:

    "Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades."

  1. Tray as a noun (obsolete):

    Trouble; annoyance; anger.

  1. Tray as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To grieve; annoy.

  1. Tray as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To betray.

  1. Tray as a noun:

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