filing cabinet
filing cabinet noun: a piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.
Noun
filing cabinet (plural filing cabinets)
- A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.
- [...] adjacent is a clerk's room, with filing cabinets.1960 December, “New G.E. diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 767
- Synonyms:
- file cabinet, file
Synonyms of filing cabinet
Forms of filing cabinet
| plural | filing cabinets |
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Words formed from filing cabinet
Questions about filing cabinet
- What does filing cabinet mean?
- Filing cabinet means a piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.
- What part of speech is filing cabinet?
- Filing cabinet is a noun.
- What is the plural of filing cabinet?
- The plural of filing cabinet is filing cabinets.
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