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 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 • Jan. 19, 2025

I grabbed a file folder and in large black permanent marker wrote “Make the seat.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2022

Ms. Blackburn was barred from the university’s supercomputing cluster — with her file folder labeled “Bitcoin,” she was suspected of mining the cryptocurrency.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022

“Create a file folder on your phone and keep the PDF versions of your documents there.”

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2022

I look through the glass door, and I can see my file folder there on the corner of the card table, my time line, and the lists of stuff in my room.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements