Definition

Noun: * A piece of office furniture, typically a tall, box-shaped container with drawers, designed for the systematic storage and organization of papers, folders, and documents.

Usage

A file cabinet is used to store physical documents in an orderly manner, often in a home or office setting. It helps keep papers sorted, protected, and easily retrievable.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The important contracts are stored in the bottom drawer of the file cabinet.
  • She organized all the invoices alphabetically in the file cabinet.
  • We need to purchase a new file cabinet for the accounting department.

Advanced Usage

• "to be filed away in a file cabinet": To be stored and forgotten, often referring to information or a case that is no longer active.
  • The old investigation was filed away in a file cabinet and never reopened.

Variants and Related Words

• Filing cabinet (n): A common synonym for "file cabinet."
  • Synonym: The documents are in the filing cabinet.
• File drawer (n): Refers to an individual drawer within a file cabinet.
  • Please look for the folder in the top file drawer.

Synonyms

• Filing cabinet: The most direct synonym.
• Filing cupboard: A less common term, often used in British English.
• Document cabinet: Emphasizes the contents being stored.

Related Phrases

• Vertical file cabinet: A cabinet with drawers that pull out horizontally.
• Lateral file cabinet: A cabinet with drawers that are wider than they are deep, often opening from the side.

Noun

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