alms tray

1. 1.

   a tray for collecting the offering from a congregation

   Synonymsalms dish

   Broadertray

Questions about alms tray

What does alms tray mean?

alms tray means "a tray for collecting the offering from a congregation".

What is another word for alms tray?

Close synonyms include alms dish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alms tray a common word?

alms tray is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.