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out-basket

out-basket is the alternative form of outbasket.

Meaning of outbasket

Noun

outbasket (plural outbaskets)

  1. A basket holding documents or mail to be sent to others; an outbox.
    • He finished reading a multigraphed sheet, initialed it, and scaled it into his out-basket.1962, Ross Macdonald, The Zebra-Striped Hearse, Toronto, O.N.; New York, N.Y.; London: Bantam Books, published 1964, page 34

Forms of out-basket

pluralout-baskets

Questions about out-basket

What is out-basket the alternative form of?
Out-basket is the alternative form of outbasket.

Words near out-basket in the dictionary

  1. out-argues
  2. out-arguing
  3. out-at-elbow
  4. out-ball
  5. out-balls
  6. out-basket
  7. out-baskets
  8. out-bawl
  9. out-bawled
  10. out-bawling
  11. out-bawls

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