FILING CABINET

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order

Synonyms:

file; file cabinet; filing cabinet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("filing cabinet" is a kind of...):

office furniture (furniture intended for use in an office)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filing cabinet"):

card catalog; card catalogue; card index (an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item)

vertical file (a file in which records are stored upright on one edge)