filing

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 5.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

   The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.

2. noun The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
3. noun Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.
4. noun This term needs a definition (filing nails). Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
5. verb present participle and gerund of file

Similar words

register single file indian file charge file away lodge file cabinet filing cabinet data file table

Often followed by

of a the and system cabinet date fee cabinets

Word family

file filed files filings