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mailsorter

mailsorter

4.9
A machine that sorts letters and packages by address
  • noun
translation icon : clasificador de correo
  • The new mailsorter allows the post office to process letters much faster than before.

Examples

  • The technician repaired the broken mailsorter so that mail delivery could resume on schedule.

  • We installed a mailsorter last week.

  • Each envelope passes through the mailsorter before being sent to its destination.

  • The new mailsorter increased our efficiency.

  • Each envelope passes through the mailsorter before being sent to its destination.

  • The new mailsorter allows the post office to process letters much faster than before.

  • The technician repaired the broken mailsorter so that mail delivery could resume on schedule.

How Automated

mailsorter
4.9
sorter
3 2.1

Surface Forms

mailsorter singular
mailsorters plural

Morphology

mailsorter = mail + sorter (transparent) = mail + sorter

Formed by compounding 'mail' + 'sorter'; the meaning 'a device that sorts mail' follows directly from the components.

Etymology

Mailsorter comes from the simple words mail ('letters and packages') and sorter, from sort ('to put into groups'). So, a mailsorter is a machine or person that 'puts mail into the right groups' to send each item to the correct address.