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round file

noun

  1. a wastepaper basket
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to throw into a wastepaper basket; discard; reject
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

The round face of a half-round file requires eight, ten or more courses to complete it.

The curve at the butt of the gun-stock should be cut out with the turning-saw, and rounded with a half-round file.

On the same end of the block, file (using round file) a groove right across the corner, about 1⁄8 in.

They are slightly enlarged, if necessary, by the round file.

Lacking that, bore a smaller hole and enlarge it with a round file.

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