Definition of Filing cabinet

1. Noun. Office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order.

Exact synonyms: File, File Cabinet
Specialized synonyms: Card Catalog, Card Catalogue, Card Index, Vertical File
Generic synonyms: Office Furniture
Derivative terms: File, File, File

Definition of Filing cabinet

1. Noun. A piece of office furniture comprised of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filing Cabinet

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filiform nucleus
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filiform polyposis
filiform pulse
filiform wart
filigraned
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filigrees
filiment
filiments
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filing clerk
filing fee
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filing system
filings
filioparental
filiopietistic
filioque
filioques
filipendulous
filipin
filipodia
filipodium

Literary usage of Filing cabinet

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

1. Indexing: A Handbook of Instruction by George Edward Brown (1921)
"filing cabinet. As shown in Fig. 2 this is of the pattern customary for collections of card indexes, the entire drawer coming out of its casing on a double ..."

2. Productive Advertising by Herbert William Hess (1915)
"V—McClure's „«/September—Metropolitan X filing cabinet Catalog \ Bookcase ... or I filing cabinet Catalog I Cabinet Safe Catalog „. f January—Munsey's f ..."

3. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1913)
"With the filing cabinet installed in your office, your negatives are always at ... A single unit of the filing cabinet will hold five hundred 8x10 or one ..."

4. The Economics of Contracting: A Treatise for Contractors, Engineers by Daniel Jacob Hauer (1915)
"As most vouchers are folded it becomes possible to use a narrow filing cabinet. This kind of a filing cabinet admits of the use of names, numbers or dates ..."

5. How to Recognize and Eliminate Silverfish, Beetles, Cockroaches, Moths by Thomas A. Parker (1991)
"During a fire the heat of the fire turns this moisture into steam, which is generated into the interior space of the filing cabinet or safe. unfortunately, ..."

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