circular file in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "In reference to its (the wastebasket’s) cylindrical shape, and the action of throwing things away rather than filing them.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "circular files",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "circular file (plural circular files)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was completely underqualified for the job, so I put his resume directly into the circular file."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The trash container; the wastebasket."
      ],
      "id": "en-circular_file-en-noun-SV7n~JhM",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "trash",
          "trash"
        ],
        [
          "wastebasket",
          "wastebasket"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, humorous) The trash container; the wastebasket."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "round file"
        },
        {
          "word": "circular filing cabinet"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "trash container, wastebasket",
          "word": "Rundordner"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/En-au-circular_file.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "circular file"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "In reference to its (the wastebasket’s) cylindrical shape, and the action of throwing things away rather than filing them.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "circular files",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "circular file (plural circular files)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with audio links"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was completely underqualified for the job, so I put his resume directly into the circular file."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The trash container; the wastebasket."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "trash",
          "trash"
        ],
        [
          "wastebasket",
          "wastebasket"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, humorous) The trash container; the wastebasket."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-circular file.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/En-au-circular_file.ogg/En-au-circular_file.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/En-au-circular_file.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "round file"
    },
    {
      "word": "circular filing cabinet"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "trash container, wastebasket",
      "word": "Rundordner"
    }
  ],
  "word": "circular file"
}

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"circular file" meaning in English

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