vertical file

noun

1. a collection of pamphlets, pictures, clippings, or other materials stored upright, as in a filing cabinet or cabinets.
2. a cabinet for such storage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vertical file¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The most universally used of all filing devices is the vertical file.

From Project Gutenberg

Fig. 32 shows an outside cabinet, card index, and vertical file units, which fit the openings in the cabinet.

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This cabinet contains vertical file, card index, legal blank drawers, and document files.

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The omnipresent vertical file was, in reality, a robot memory bank.

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A very satisfactory method of filing designs is to use a file constructed on the principle of the vertical file.

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