cartonnier

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noun

A cupboard for filing.

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Meanings

nouncartonnier (plural cartonniers)

plural cartonniers

  1. A cupboard for filing.

    Only Charlotte Moss incorporated real antiques: a set of Louis XV chairs, a 19th-century Italian bureau cabinet, a 19th-century French cartonnier to hold documents and an antique rug from Stark.

    2008 April 25, Wendy Moonan, “Making Their Way Back to the Garden”, in New York Times

Origin

French

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

cartonnier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartonnier

MLA

“cartonnier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartonnier. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cartonnier,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartonnier.

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