Definition of Out-tray

1. Noun. A wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material.

Exact synonyms: Out-basket
Generic synonyms: Receptacle
Antonyms: In-basket

Lexicographical Neighbors of Out-tray

out-of-the-box thinking
out-of-the-way
out-of-the-way(a)
out-of-town
out-of-towner
out-of-universe
out-of-whack
out-of-work
out-swinger
out-there-ness
out-thereness
out-top
out-topped
out-topping
out-tops
out-tray (current term)
out-turn
out-winter
out and about
out and away
out ball
out front
out in
out like a light
out loud
out of
out of action
out of all proportion
out of bounds
out of breath

Literary usage of Out-tray

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1912)
"She took out tray after tray feverishly, with trembling hands, till the table was covered by the gorgeous gewgaws. " Heavens," she said, " I hardly thought ..."

2. American Primary Teacher. (1897)
"Joe called another man and they pushed a plank under her and lifted her out. Tray could not do that, but he did what he could. Children use all parts of ..."

3. A Legacy of Historical Gleanings by Catharina Van Rensselaer Bonney (1875)
"... must be commenced by myself, so broke him short off, by maledictions on my horse for not following me to a stake, and then by singing out " Tray- ..."

4. Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association by Canadian Forestry Association (1900)
"Dean Calgary, Alta. Pnce, H. A Montreal, PQ Power, Hon. L. G Ottawa, Out. Tray, James Sturgis Cambridge, Mass., I ". ..."

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