filing cabinet

Noun

Meaning

office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

filing-cabinet

Synonyms

file file cabinet canada dresser us card catalogue card catalog file out card index filing clerk record keeper file clerk record keeping index card card-file

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Hypernyms

office furniture

Hyponyms

card catalogue card catalog card index vertical file

Examples

Now, most dentist's chairs go up and down, don't they? The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This is unusual'. And the dentist said to me 'Mr Vine, get out of the filing cabinet. Tim Vine

Gone are the days when your indiscretions at university were recorded in a roneoed college newsletter of which there is only one copy left tucked in a filing cabinet at the back of a library. Today that same college newsletter is online, accessible by the whole world now and forever. Malcolm Turnbull

Close letter words and terms

filigree leaf filigreed filing filing cabinets filing card filing clerk