"trayline" meaning in English

See trayline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: traylines [plural]
Etymology: From tray + line. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tray|line}} tray + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} trayline (plural traylines)
  1. A system of food preparation, used in hospitals, in which trays move along an assembly line.
    Sense id: en-trayline-en-noun--GOs5Z2- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1970, American Hospital Association, Hospitals: the journal of the American Hospital Association: Volume 44:",
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        {
          "ref": "2001, Sue Grossbauer, Managing Foodservice Operations, page 58:",
          "text": "These are reasons that trayline assembly is popular in healthcare, especially for acute care environments.",
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