traycloth

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UK/ˈtɹeɪklɒθ/

noun

A cloth laid across a tray on which to serve dishes, food etc.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nountraycloth (plural traycloths)

plural traycloths

  1. A cloth laid across a tray on which to serve dishes, food etc.

    He'd bring her dinner on a tray with always a slightly soiled traycloth.

    1983, Angela Carter, “Sugar Daddy”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 31

Origin

From tray + cloth.

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APA

traycloth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traycloth

MLA

“traycloth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traycloth. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “traycloth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traycloth.

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