Usually means: Container for storing digital data.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. file: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. file, file, file: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. file, file, file: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. file: Collins English Dictionary
  5. file: Vocabulary.com
  6. File, file: Wordnik
  7. file: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. File, file: Wiktionary
  9. file: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. file: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. file: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. file: Dictionary.com
  13. file (n.), file (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. file: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. File (Unix), File (chess), File (command), File (computing), File (disambiguation), File (formation), File (tool), File: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. File: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. file: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. file: Rhymezone
  19. file, file (de), file (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. file: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. file: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. File: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. file: Free Dictionary
  24. file: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. file: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. file: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. file: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. file: Linda's Culinary Dictionary
  3. File: Glossary of Binary Graphics
  4. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  5. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. file: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. file: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. DS Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  8. File: GLOSSARY OF LEGISLATIVE TERMS
  9. File: Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms
  10. File (disambiguation), file: Legal dictionary
  11. File (disambiguation), file: Financial dictionary
  12. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  13. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. file: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. file: Netlingo
  3. file: CCI Computer
  4. File: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  5. Webopedia (No longer online)
  6. Data Formats and Their Sugggested File Extensions (No longer online)
  7. File (computer), File (computer science), File (computers), File (computing), File (disambiguation), file: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. File (disambiguation), file: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. FILE: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. file: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. file: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. file, file, file, file, file, file: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. File: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. file: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. File: Chess Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. file: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  4. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A collection of papers collated and archived together.
noun:  A roll or list.
noun:  A course of thought; a thread of narration.
noun:  (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
noun:  (computing) The primary item on the menu bar, containing commands such as open, save, print, etc.
noun:  A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.
verb:  (transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
verb:  (transitive) (of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.
verb:  (transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
verb:  (transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
verb:  (intransitive, with for, chiefly law) To submit a formal request to some office.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
noun:  A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.
noun:  (military) A small detachment of soldiers.
noun:  (chess) One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
verb:  (intransitive) To move in a file.
noun:  A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
noun:  (slang, archaic) A cunning or resourceful person.
verb:  (transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
verb:  (archaic) To defile.
verb:  To corrupt.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (Canada, US) Clipping of file cabinet. [(Canada, US) An item of office furniture comprising a set of either drawers, or shelves with individual doors or panels, sized to standard widths of file folders and traditionally used for the storage of files.]

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