circular file
1circular file — n a ↑wastepaper basket used humorously …
2circular file — noun singular HUMOROUS a way of describing a WASTE BASKET that makes it sound like an important part of the system used for organizing documents in an office …
3circular file — n. Informal a wastebasket …
4circular file — noun a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish • Syn: ↑wastepaper basket, ↑waste paper basket, ↑wastebasket, ↑waste basket • Hypernyms: ↑container * * * noun …
5circular file — n. a wastebasket. (See also file thirteen.) □ That letter went straight into the circular file. □ Most of the junk mail sits here until I can put it into the circular file …
6circular file — noun The trash container; the wastebasket. He was completely under qualified for the job, so I put his resume directly into the circular file. Syn: round file …
7circular file — garbage can or wastebasket, file 13 A lot of memos go in the circular file. They re garbage …
8circular file — American a wastepaper basket Most of them are round; and see file thirteen …
9circular file — cir′cular file′ n. cvb sts a wastebasket • Etymology: 1945–50 …
10circular file — noun Date: 1967 wastebasket …