different between inbox vs intray

English

Alternative forms

• in-box

Etymology

in +? box

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nb?ks/, /??mb?ks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nb?ks/, /??mb?ks/

Noun

inbox (plural inboxes)

1. A container in which papers to be dealt with are put.
2. (computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose.
3. (figuratively) The aggregate of items that demand one's attention or effort.

   The kids, my ex, my parents, the job, bills — my inbox is full.

Synonyms

• (container for papers to be dealt with): in-basket, in-tray

Translations

Verb

inbox (third-person singular simple present inboxes, present participle inboxing, simple past and past participle inboxed)

1. (transitive) To put (something) in someone's inbox.

   I just inboxed you the presentation.

2. (transitive) To communicate with (a person) by writing to their electronic inbox.
   • 2014, JL King, Full Circle: Loving. Living. Life. After The Down Low

     And now, social media has made it worse. From Facebook to Twitter, I get all kinds of invitations. Recently a sister inboxed me on Facebook and told me that she knew for a fact that I wanted her and she wanted me.

Synonyms

• message

See also

• inbox zero
• outbox

References

• inbox at OneLook Dictionary Search
• inbox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inboxes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• box in

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?imbo?s/, [??m.bo??s]

Noun

inbox m (plural inbox)

1. (computing) inbox

English

Noun

intray (plural intrays)

1. Alternative spelling of in-tray
   • 1999, Barbara Trapido, The Travelling Hornplayer, Viking, ?ISBN, page 70,

     The rest I throw into a plastic intray. Then, when the intray is full, I empty its contents into a cardboard box.

   • 2001, Duncan Schultz, Progenitor, ?ISBN, page 96,

     This month's Picture magazine was the next item in his intray.

   • 2004, John Francome, Inside Track, St. Martin's Press, ?ISBN, page 265,

     One of Jane's regrets about the Bonfire Night Murders being shifted to the bottom of the intray was that she no longer saw much of Simon.

Anagrams

• Tyrian, rytina, trainy