file folder

noun

1. a thin cardboard folder of a size to be stored in the drawer of a file cabinet and for containing correspondence and other files.

Example Sentences

Investigators, who handle about 200 cases yearly, are given a manila file folder containing a name, birthdate and little else for each death.

From Seattle Times

Connie was a little cheesed off that I’d lied to her about being into government, but then I handed her a file folder.

From Literature

As a parting gift, Manuguid created mini file folders with each student’s name written on the tab.

From Seattle Times

According to the officials, a person handing the playing of the national anthems accidentally chose the protesters’ song saved in a computer file folder named “Hong Kong.”

From Seattle Times

I started a Google Doc tracking every letter, email and phone call; a physical file folder, soon bulging, kept everything in one place.

From Los Angeles Times