Salver vs. Tray

One who salves or cures.

One who pretends to cure; a quacksalver.

One who salves or saves goods, etc. from destruction or loss.

A tray used to display or serve food or other items (such as a visiting card).

One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack.

A salvor.

A tray or waiter on which anything is presented.

a tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silver

A salver is a flat heavy tray of silver, other metal or glass used for carrying or serving glasses, cups, and dishes at a table, or for the presenting of a letter or card by a servant. In a royal or noble household the fear of poisoning led to the custom of tasting the food or beverage before it was served to the master and his guests; this was known as the assay of meat and drink, and in Spanish was called salva.

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

Example: ‘I carefully arranged the dishes on the tray and brought it upstairs.’;

A flat carrier for items being transported.

Example: ‘Make sure that tray of eggs is properly loaded.’;

The items on a full tray.

Example: ‘Before long they had consumed a whole tray of shrimp cocktails and sent for another.’;

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

Example: ‘The CD tray will not open.’; ‘The loader is responsible for placing the work on the trays for the plating machines.’;

  A notification area used for icons and alerts.

(obsolete) Trouble; annoyance; anger.

(transitive) To place (items) on a tray.

Example: ‘Be sure to tray eggs with the large end up.’;

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

Example: ‘Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades.’;

To grieve; annoy.

To betray.

To betray; to deceive.

A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc.

A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver.

A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles.

an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food

a flat, shallow container with a raised rim, typically used for carrying food and drink, or for holding small items or loose material

Example: ‘seed trays’; ‘a baking tray’; ‘they ate supper off a tray in front of the fire’;

A tray is a shallow platform designed for the carrying of items. It can be fashioned from numerous materials, including silver, brass, sheet iron, paperboard, wood, melamine, and molded pulp.