seam vs tray

seam

verb
  • To put together with a seam. 

  • Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus. 

  • To mark with a seam or line; to scar. 

  • To crack open along a seam. 

  • Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam. 

  • To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting. 

noun
  • The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam. 

  • A line of junction; a joint. 

  • A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral. 

  • An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels. 

  • A suture. 

  • A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix. 

  • A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric. 

  • A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials. 

  • An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds. 

tray

verb
  • to place (items) on a tray 

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

noun
  • A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay) 

  • A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging. 

  • The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled. 

  • The items on a full tray. 

  • A notification area used for icons and alerts. 

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

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

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