folder
a folded sheet of light cardboard used to cover or hold papers, letters, etc., as in a file.
Computers. directory (def. 4a).
Origin of folder
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How to use folder in a sentence
Surrounding Walker are folders, books, and stacks of packages wrapped in brown shipping paper.
The Man Oswald First Tried to Kill Before JFK | Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis | October 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut grumble grumble sometimes my messages get sorted into the wrong folders.
Gmail Priority Inbox Freakout: Calm Down, Guys, Opting Out Is Easy | Winston Ross | July 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe studio is also launching “SoulCycle lunch boxes, folders, pencil sharpeners, and yo-yos!”
Lena Dunham's Punk Puppy; WSJ Pushes Staff To Wear Makeup | The Fashion Beast Team | May 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTPart-time archivist Lorelei Galbreath keeps a stack of folders as tall as a newborn on her desk.
In Wichita, the Ground Zero of the Abortion War, a New Clinic Rises | Allison Yarrow | January 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe annexed folders contain wiretapped telephone conversations exposing the private lives of journalists and their friends.
Has the Committee to Protect Journalists Betrayed Turkey's Journalists? | Oray Egin | December 21, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
To provide suitable indexing, how many guides should be used for a file containing 1500 folders?
The folders are filed in numerical sequence between guides, numbered usually by 10's, as shown in Fig. 14.
As with the inspectors, the work was now brought to the folders, and the hours were shortened by 45 minutes.
Making Both Ends Meet | Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith WyattThe folders here stoop and pick up the sheets and fold them lengthwise and crosswise.
Making Both Ends Meet | Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith WyattFrom the folders the sheets are carried away to a mangle, where they are folded over again by young girls.
Making Both Ends Meet | Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt
British Dictionary definitions for folder
/ (ˈfəʊldə) /
a binder or file for holding loose papers, etc
a folded circular
a machine for folding printed sheets
a person or thing that folds
computing another name for directory (def. 5)
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