vertical file
Americannoun
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a collection of pamphlets, pictures, clippings, or other materials stored upright, as in a filing cabinet or cabinets.
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a cabinet for such storage.
Etymology
Origin of vertical file
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
There is no vertical file at the county HQ labeled “Cheerios Park: Name.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 1, 2022
In “Cubed” he walks us through the invention of a few of our favorite things: the vertical file cabinet, the suspended ceiling, the fluorescent light bulb, the elevator, the Dictaphone, the human-resources department.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2014
Here lemme give 'em to you: your frame is 05, vertical group 03, horizontal 5, vertical file 3.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2011
This happens so often that she has prepared a document that sits in the vertical file that explains how little we are sure of.
From Washington Post
Visitors also encountered the latest and arguably most important organizational invention of the century, the vertical file, created by Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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