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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sorter has 2 senses

• sorter(n = noun.person) Array - a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office); Array
is a kind of clerk
Derived form verb sort₂

• sorter(n = noun.artifact) Array - a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes; Array
is a kind of machine
has particulars: mailsorter
Derived form verb sort₂

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sorter

Arrangement

N arrangement, plan, preparation, disposal, disposition, collocation, allocation, distribution, sorting, assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization, grouping, tabulation, analysis, classification, clustering, division, digestion, digest, synopsis, syntagma, table, atlas, file, database, register, organism, architecture, sieve, riddle, screen, sorter, arranged, embattled, in battle array, cut and dried, methodical, orderly, regular, systematic, In vast cumbrous array.

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