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IN-BASKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does in-basket mean?
• IN-BASKET (noun)
The noun IN-BASKET has 1 sense:
1. a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material
Familiarity information: IN-BASKET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
in-basket; in-tray
Hypernyms ("in-basket" is a kind of...):
receptacle (a container that is used to put or keep things in)
Antonym:
out-basket (a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material)
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