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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

fold·er / ˈfōldər/ • n. a folding cover or holder, typically made of stiff paper or cardboard, for storing loose papers. ∎ an icon on a computer screen that can be used to access a directory containing related files or documents. ∎ a folded leaflet or a booklet made of folded sheets of paper.

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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

folder A collection of FILES administered by an operating system which uses some form of desktop metaphor. The term derives from the fact that the image of a folder is used to identify the collection of files. It is equivalent to the term DIRECTORY.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

folder •dodder, fodder, plodder, prodder •Isolde, solder •absconder, anaconda, Fonda, Golconda, Honda, nonda, ponder, responder, squander, Wanda, wander, yonder •hot-rodder •awarder, boarder, border, defrauder, hoarder, Korda, marauder, order, recorder, sordor, warder •alder, Balder, Calder •launder, maunder •sailboarder • skateboarder •keyboarder • snowboarder •camcorder • video recorder •chowder, Gouda, howdah, Lauda, powder •bounder, compounder, expounder, flounder, founder, grounder, impounder, pounder, propounder, rounder, sounder •gunpowder •Clodagh, coda, coder, exploder, loader, Oder, odour (US odor), pagoda, Rhoda, Sargodha, Schroder, soda, vocoder •beholder, boulder, folder, holder, moulder (US molder), polder, scolder, shoulder, smoulder (US smolder), upholder, withholder •cardholder • shareholder •stakeholder •freeholder, keyholder •leaseholder • copyholder •policyholder • stockholder •smallholder, stallholder •householder • freeloader •avoider, embroider •joinder • Schadenfreude

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