FOLDER

folder

(noun) covering that is folded over to protect the contents

booklet, brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet

(noun) a small book usually having a paper cover

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

folder (plural folders)

An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.

(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.

Synonym: directory

A machine or person that folds things.

A folding knife.

Anagrams

• refold, rolfed

Source: Wiktionary


Fold"er, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ECONOMIC

(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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