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textfile

textfile is the alternative form of text file.

Meaning of text file

Noun

text file (plural text files)

  1. A datafile containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting.
  2. A datafile in a character encoding that allows it to be read in a nonspecialized text editor.

Forms of textfile

pluraltextfiles

Questions about textfile

What is textfile the alternative form of?
Textfile is the alternative form of text file.

Words near textfile in the dictionary

  1. textemes
  2. textemic
  3. texter
  4. texters
  5. textese
  6. textfile
  7. textfiles
  8. Textgate
  9. texthooker
  10. texthookers
  11. textident

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Adapted from Wiktionary: textfile (page history and authors); text file (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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