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PRONUNCIATION OF BUTLER'S TRAY

butler's tray  [ˈbʌtləz treɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUTLER'S TRAY

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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Butler's tray is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUTLER'S TRAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of butler's tray in the English dictionary

The definition of butler's tray in the dictionary is a tray resting on or attached to an x-shaped, often folding stand, on which are kept drink bottles and glasses.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUTLER'S TRAY


ashtray
ˈæʃˌtreɪ
astray
əˈstreɪ
betray
bɪˈtreɪ
distrait
dɪˈstreɪ
entrez
ɑnˈtreɪ
estray
ɪˈstreɪ
extrait
eksˈtreɪ
laptray
ˈlæpˌtreɪ
portray
pɔːˈtreɪ
stray
streɪ
tray
treɪ
trey
treɪ
windlestrae
ˈwɪndəlˌstreɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUTLER'S TRAY

butene
butenedioic acid
buteo
buteonine
Buteshire
Buteyko method
Buthelezi
butle
butler
butler´s pantry
butlerage
butleries
butlership
butlery
Butlins
butsudan
butt
butt bra
butt hinge
butt joint

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUTLER'S TRAY

baking tray
drip tray
freezer tray
gallery tray
go astray
ice tray
in tray
in-tray
lead astray
out tray
out-tray
seed tray
tea tray

Synonyms and antonyms of butler's tray in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «butler's tray» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUTLER'S TRAY

Find out the translation of butler's tray to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of butler's tray from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «butler's tray» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

管家的托盘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bandeja de mayordomo
570 millions of speakers

English

butler´s tray
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बटलर की ट्रे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

علبة بتلر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Лоток дворецкого
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bandeja do mordomo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাটলারের ট্রে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le plateau de majordome
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dulang butler
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Butlers Fach
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バトラーのトレー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

집사 의 트레이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Baki butler
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khay quản gia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பட்லர் தட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बटलरची ट्रे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Uşak tepsisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vassoio del maggiordomo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Taca lokaja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Лоток дворецького
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tavă Butler
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Δίσκος οικονόμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skinkbordtafeltjie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

butler bricka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

butler skuffen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of butler's tray

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUTLER'S TRAY»

The term «butler's tray» is used very little and occupies the 165.137 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUTLER'S TRAY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about butler's tray

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUTLER'S TRAY»

Discover the use of butler's tray in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to butler's tray and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Social Grace
Try the cuts on scrap wood first Here's a classic mahogany butler's tray table you can build yourself. BY NEAL BARRETT and test-fit with the ploughed groove. Scrape or plane the glued-up panel as necessary to achieve a smooth, flat surface ...
2
The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Interior Design
Cut-out sections in the hinged flaps make it possible to lift up the whole table and move it about as one might carry a tray. butler's tray table butterfly A popular Asian motif that became associat- ed with the SECOND EMPIRE period in France  ...
Mark Hinchman, 2014
3
The Handyman's Guide: Essential Woodworking Tools and Techniques
SPECIAL. HINGES. To return to hinges proper, and to fancy and special hinges in particular, the butler's tray hinge must be mentioned; it has what in default of a better term may be called a spring stop, by means of which the sides of a butler's  ...
Paul N. Hasluck, 2013
4
Queens in the Hole
By the end of the afternoon, Depot District Antiques was no longer the proud owner of a Georgian mahogany dining room suit, a terrier painting, and a Georgian mahogany butler's tray. Mrs. Elliott wanted to buy the butler's tray on a previous ...
Clanette Sparks Walton, 2008
5
The Pregnancy Contract (Mills & Boon Desire)
He quickly took a pair of covered dishes from the oven where they'd been warming and placed them and a bowl filled with freshly tossed salad onto the large butler's tray and followed her. He heard her gasp as she entered the room, and ...
Yvonne Lindsay, 2012
6
Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2011 Price Guide
... courtesy Sanford Alderfer Auction & Appraisal, Hatfield, Pa.; www. AlderferAuction.com Butler's tray on stand, mahogany, 19th century, oblong with shaped gallery and pierced hand-holds, dovetailed corners, folding stand; tray, 27 1/2" x ...
‎2010
7
The Duchess
Claire took the envelope from the butler's tray and opened it. I am being held prisoner. Please help me. The old summer- house. Come at once. Leatrice Claire read the note three times before she understood what it said. She looked up at the ...
Jude Deveraux, 1992
8
The Restorationist: Text One: A Collaborative Fiction by ...
Entering my grandmother's kitchen that day, where she had as usual laid out a tea service on a worn old butler's tray, would have wrung drippings of pleasure- pain from me under any circumstances, but the presence on the tray of a ...
Joyce Elbrecht, 1993
9
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
72-5 Wiltkunst, Butler's tray. Tray mounted on a folding stand, popularly in England in the 18th and 19th centuries Buttenmann. See Tanzemann. Buz agio, Abraham (b 1 71 6; d 1 788). Moroccan iron- founder who settled in England in 1762.
Gordon Campbell, 2006
10
Never Ask Permission: Elisabeth Scott Bocock of Richmond : a ...
Thenhe would go back downstairs, just as Tinsleywas appearing with the icebucket, highballglass, soda,and Scotch.The two would exchange pleasantries while Tinsley arranged them on the butler's tray and lit the fire, and then Tinsleywould ...
Mary Buford Hitz, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUTLER'S TRAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term butler's tray is used in the context of the following news items.
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Carving a unique niche
The walnut stools, inlaid with a band of colour, double as tables and cost £210 each, while the butler's tray can be used as anything from a ... «Yorkshire Post, Jun 15»
2
Design house deals in quick but timeless transformations
It has found its way in the butler's tray. While on a holiday, they hatched the idea for the Resort Collection. The sisters didn't want to create a ... «Inquirer.net, Jun 15»
3
Downton Abbey star swaps his butler's tray for trainers
'Evil butler' Rob James-Collier, who plays footman Thomas Barrow in ITV's Downton Abbey, is running the London Marathon for the Chilterns ... «Bucks Herald, Apr 15»
4
The Miracle of January 11, When Millions Marched For France …
Poor Madame Le Pen, mistaking a popular demonstration with a ball in Vienna, then drunkenly reclaiming her calling card from the butler's tray ... «Daily Beast, Jan 15»
5
Esplendido Hotel. Picture: Afsanah Source: Supplied
The ever-docile Mediterranean, as flat and gleaming as a butler's tray. Our boat is Francessa, a 15m sailing yacht, but for now its sails are down ... «The Australian, Dec 14»
6
Annual Thanksgiving Auction - Collection of Outstanding Silver,Fine …
The full collection includes cups, bowl, a partial tea set, and a rare inlaid mahogany and silver butler's tray. In addition there are several ... «PR Web, Nov 14»
7
SC Rewind: Shining The Silver Tray
Sitting kind of by itself and looking a bit 'lonely' was an old silver tray; I believe they are properly called a Butler's Tray. It was very plain, ... «Standardbred Canada, Oct 14»
8
Antiques show organizers hope to attract new collectors
... while others simply need to be presented “in a different way,” such as porcelain urns that can become lamp bases or a butler's tray table, ... «Tribune-Review, Sep 14»
9
Classic meets contemporary
A multicoloured, patch-work table, with X-intersecting legs – very similar to a butler's tray table – was paired with traditional lion-head, ring pulls ... «Newsline, Jul 14»
10
On-Site Estate Auction
... cherry vanity and clean wing chairs; Baker lowboy; butler's tray-top coffee tables; modern beds; modern organ; TVs entertainments and more. «Maine Antique Digest, Jun 14»

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