filing

Examples

• All

• After creating the metal parts, he spent hours on filing to ensure they fit together perfectly.

• Chris uses it a lot for some of his very fine final filing of parts on clock making.

• John spent the day drilling and filing until he had installed deadbolts on the front and back doors.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The edges of the feeler gauge will need filing down to the width of the slot.

  Academic text (2001)

• Some complete the final filing and finishing themselves, sometimes treating the objects to produce a weathered-looking patina (Fig. 13).

  Academic text (1997)

• The craftsman used a file for precise filing to enhance the smoothness of the wooden surface.

Compounds

F

filing cabinet

12 2.1

A piece of office furniture with drawers for storing paper files

F

filing system

11 2.9

A way of putting papers or computer files in order so you can find them easily

I

iron filing

2 3.8

A tiny piece of iron that comes off metal when you scrape it, used to show how magnets work

F

filing clerk

1 2.7

A person who organizes and keeps documents for an office

M

metal filing

1 5.5

Small thin pieces of metal that come off when you scrape metal

How Thorough

polishing

1 2.1

smooth

1 5.8

filing

4 3.7

scraping

9 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology