"filing cabinet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: filing cabinets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} filing cabinet (plural filing cabinets)
  1. A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order. Wikipedia link: filing cabinet Categories (topical): Furniture Synonyms: file cabinet [Canada, US], file [Canada, US] Translations (piece of office furniture): картатэ́ка (kartatéka) [feminine] (Belarusian), картоте́ка (kartotéka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fitxer [masculine] (Catalan), 檔案櫃 (Chinese Mandarin), 档案柜 (dàng'ànguì) (Chinese Mandarin), kartotéka [feminine] (Czech), arkivskab [neuter] (Danish), fakaro (Esperanto), arkistokaappi (Finnish), classeur à tiroirs [masculine] (French), Aktenschrank [masculine] (German), αρχειοθήκη (archeiothíki) [feminine] (Greek), skjalaskápur (Icelandic), casellario [masculine] (Italian), classificatore [masculine] (Italian), schedario (Italian), шкаф (škaf) [masculine] (Macedonian), картоте́ка (kartotéka) [feminine] (Macedonian), segregator [masculine] (Polish), kartoteka [feminine] (Polish), шкаф (škaf) [masculine] (Russian), картоте́ка (kartotéka) [feminine] (Russian), kartotéka [feminine] (Slovak), arhivska omarica [feminine] (Slovene), archivador (note: usually tall piece of furniture) [masculine] (Spanish), archivero (english: person or in Mex. piece of furniture) [masculine] (Spanish), fichero (english: box or piece of furniture) [masculine] (Spanish), casillero (english: more general-purpose piece of furniture) [masculine] (Spanish), arkivskåp [neuter] (Swedish), mappskåp [neuter] (Swedish), vertikalskåp [neuter] (Swedish), dosya dolabı (Turkish), картоте́ка (kartotéka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cabined ffeilio [masculine] (Welsh), cabinedau ffeilio [masculine, plural] (Welsh)

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