trayful

1 4.1

An amount that fills a tray

noun
/ˈtreɪfəl/

: bandeja llena

Hawk escapes from one of his straps and launches a nearby trayful of syringes into Antony's face, where they ghoulishly quiver.

Examples

And she's off with her trayful of tobacco to the cocktail.

Fiction book (1994)
I stopped into a shop and bought a trayful of pastries to bring for dessert, selecting ones I knew Aless liked.

Fiction book (1999)
Her white satin dress was ruined, her trayful of oranges scattered and lost in the garbage.

Fiction book (1993)
I stopped into a bakery and bought a trayful of pastries for the party.
The waiter brought a trayful of drinks to the outdoor table.
They generously served a trayful of appetizers before the main course.

Synonyms

bucketful

vstrayful

4 1.8

An amount that fills a bucket

is the amount for a shallow flat holder with less depth

plateful

vstrayful

2 2.3

A plate filled with food

is for a larger flat surface rather than a small serving

scoopful

vstrayful

1 2.3

The amount a spoon or small shovel can hold

is for an amount that fills a shallow flat holder rather than a measured utensil

containerful

vstrayful

3.7

The amount that fills a container

is the amount that fills a shallow flat holder

dishful

vstrayful

6.7

An amount that fills a dish

is for a larger flat surface rather than a small serving

panful

vstrayful

3.3

An amount that fills a pan

is for a flat holding surface used for carrying items rather than cooking

How Full

crateful

6.4

trayful

1 4.1

bowlful

1 2.2

handful

81 1.0

Surface Forms

trayful singular

trayfuls plural

Morphology

trayful = tray (transparent) = tray + ful

The word is transparently built from 'tray' and the suffix '-ful', indicating the amount a tray can hold.

Etymology

The word trayful combines tray and -ful, where tray is the flat thing you carry and -ful means 'full of'. Like a cupful or a handful, a trayful is 'as much as a tray can hold'.