folder.
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
Meaning & usage
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
I keep all my schoolwork in a yellow folder.
A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.
My essays are in the folder named "Schoolwork".
A machine or person that folds things.
A folding knife, typically a folding pocketknife.
Where this word comes from
From fold + -er.
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