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in-trays

in-trays is the plural of in-tray.

Meaning of in-tray

Noun

in-tray (plural in-trays)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A desktop organizer; inbox, in-basket.
  2. (broadly) The amount of new work yet to be done.
    • What will be at the top of the new General Secretary's in-tray?2021 May 19, Paul Clifton asks Mick Cash, “I am retiring on my own terms”, in RAIL, number 931, page 51

Questions about in-trays

What is in-trays the plural of?
In-trays is the plural of in-tray.

Words near in-trays in the dictionary

  1. in-toeing
  2. in-town
  3. in-tray
  4. in-tray exercise
  5. in-tray exercises
  6. in-trays
  7. in-tree
  8. in-trees
  9. in-turn
  10. in-turns
  11. in-universe

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