Usually means: Trash bin for unwanted documents.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word circular file:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. circular file: Merriam-Webster
  2. circular file: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. circular file: Vocabulary.com
  4. circular file: Wiktionary
  5. circular file: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. circular file: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. circular file: Dictionary.com
  8. Circular File, Circular file: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. circular file: Rhymezone
  10. circular file: FreeDictionary.org
  11. circular file: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. circular file: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. circular file: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. circular file: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. circular file: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. circular file: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See circular_files as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (circular file)

noun:  (idiomatic, humorous) The trash container; the wastebasket.

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