Folder

How it is used

Used for paper and digital storage: a plastic folder, a cardboard folder, a shared folder, a subfolder. You put, save, move or file things in a folder. A thick file with metal rings is a ring binder or, in British English, a lever arch file.

Example sentences

1. The signed invoices are in the blue folder on my desk.

2. I've created a folder for each client on the shared drive.

Common collocations

• shared folder
• create a folder
• save in a folder
• plastic folder
• subfolder

Related terms

• fileTo put a document in its correct place, such as a folder, cabinet or computer system, so that it can be found again easily.
• filing cabinetA piece of office furniture with deep drawers for storing papers and files in order, often with a lock.
• shared driveA storage space on a company network or in the cloud where colleagues save, open and edit the same files.
• archiveTo move old documents, emails or records that are no longer in daily use to a separate place where they are kept safely for future reference.

More terms: Filing & Documents

• document
• form
• fill in
• hard copy
• confidential
• record-keeping