circular file



circular file

A jocular term for a trashcan or waste basket, i.e., a receptacle for unwanted files. You have to make your application really stand out if you don't want it to end up in the employer's circular file.
See also: circular, file

circular file

and round file
n. a wastebasket. (see also file thirteen.) Most of the junk mail sits here until I can put it into the circular file. Oh, that letter? It went straight to the round file.
See also: circular, file

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mehdi-Persian
Sudhir-Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
Simonides-Ancient Greek
Monifa-Western African, Yoruba
Eleazarel-ee-AY-zər (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
LÉOnle-AWNFrench