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outbasket

outbasket noun: a basket holding documents or mail to be sent to others; an outbox.

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
    • "Fair enough." He dropped the sketch into an outbasket. "I'll have 'em make copies."2001, Darryl Wimberley, Strawman's Hammock, New Milford, C.T.; London: Toby Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 118

Forms of outbasket

pluraloutbaskets
alternative formout-basket

Origin of outbasket

Compound of out + basket.

Questions about outbasket

What does outbasket mean?
Outbasket means a basket holding documents or mail to be sent to others; an outbox.
What part of speech is outbasket?
Outbasket is a noun.
What is the plural of outbasket?
The plural of outbasket is outbaskets.

Words near outbasket in the dictionary

  1. outbases
  2. outbash
  3. outbashed
  4. outbashes
  5. outbashing
  6. outbasket
  7. outbaskets
  8. outbattle
  9. outbattled
  10. outbattles
  11. outbattling

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