filings

[ fahy-lingz ]

See synonyms for: filings filing on Thesaurus.com

plural noun

particles removed by a file.

Origin of filings

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at file², -ing¹, -s³

Words Nearby filings

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How to use filings in a sentence

The embassy of Burkina Faso did not respond to a request for comment regarding the filings.
An African Dictatorship’s Friend in D.C. | Center for Public Integrity | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But the FDA allowed Spinal Solutions to continue selling its products while the company tried to shape up, court filings show.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’ | The Center for Investigative Reporting | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Super PACs, unlike politically active nonprofits, must disclose their donors to the FEC in regular filings.
Mystery Man Buys Kentucky for the GOP | Center for Public Integrity | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But FEC filings show that neither the left-leaning SoS for Democracy nor the right-leaning SoS for SoS have taken off yet.
The Democrats' Katherine Harris Strategy | Patricia Murphy | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The PACs reported paying no rent for the same period, according to filings with the FEC.
Exclusive: ‘Pro-Troop’ Charity Pays Off Tea Party Cronies Instead | Kim Barker | August 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

The sand of the beach of those islands is iron, and is as easily attracted by the loadstone as steel filings.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham
Second, do not file brass where the filings will get into the solder.
Elements of Plumbing | Samuel Dibble
If the iron-filings are sprinkled on the magnet itself, they will arrange themselves in a manner very striking.
The Book of Curiosities | I. Platts
"Brass filings," said Trask, promptly, and took some of the particles from his trousers pocket and dumped them into Jarrow's palm.
Isle o' Dreams | Frederick F. Moore
The filings will arrange themselves in circles about the wire showing the magnetic field.
Physics | Willis Eugene Tower

British Dictionary definitions for filings

filings

/ (ˈfaɪlɪŋz) /

pl n

shavings or particles removed by a file: iron filings

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