Filing (metalworking) definition

Filing (metalworking)

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WordNet

(1) Preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.

"I have some filing to do"

(2) The act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)

(3) The entering of a legal document into the public record

"He filed a complaint"

"He filed his tax return"

(4) A fragment rubbed off by the use of a file

WiktionaryText

Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.
The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.