file folder

American  

noun

1. a thin cardboard folder of a size to be stored in the drawer of a file cabinet and for containing correspondence and other files.

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Example Sentences

I turned piles into stacks and labeled new file folders and made a few spreadsheets.

From Salon

"I took the crumpled sheets, smoothed them out, read the crazy leaping lines, smiled to myself at the leaps that never landed and then put the sheets into a file folder," he added.

From BBC

Investigators, who handle about 200 cases yearly, are given a manila file folder containing a name, birthdate and little else for each death.

From Seattle Times

Connie was a little cheesed off that I’d lied to her about being into government, but then I handed her a file folder.

From Literature

As a parting gift, Manuguid created mini file folders with each student’s name written on the tab.

From Seattle Times