What does "filing cabinet" mean?

A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.

Filing cabinet

Common synonyms include: file cabinet, cabinet-like, credenza, document cabinet, file, file storage cabinet.

noun

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Noun

1
A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.
"[...] adjacent is a clerk's room, with filing cabinets."
2
office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order wordnet

"[...] adjacent is a clerk's room, with filing cabinets."