lunch trays

Cafeteria dining platforms

Lunch trays are the rectangular trays used to carry food in cafeterias—school lunchrooms, hospitals, corporate dining halls.

They're typically plastic or fiberglass with compartments or a flat surface for plates.

The term evokes institutional dining: The clatter of lunch trays filled the cafeteria.

Students might drum on them, slide them across tables, or stack them at collection stations.

Related

food service · food · sloppy joe · mystery meat · serving · rectangular · stackable · institutional · slop · mashed potatoes · milk carton · dining hall · hospital · prison · portioned · portion control · sliding · line

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Opposites
serving vessel type

lunch traysfine china

Delicate ceramic tableware

dinner plates · ceramic plates · bowls · silverware · cloth napkins

dining formality

lunch traysfine dining

Elegant restaurant experience

silver service · table service · banquet service · butler service

formality of dining

lunch traysfine china

Delicate ceramic tableware

silver service · bone china

Family

lunch, tray, lunches, lunched, lunching, luncheon, luncheonette, trays

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G