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sorting office

sorting office noun: a building in which mail is collected together, then sorted prior to delivery.

Noun

sorting office (plural sorting offices)

  1. A building in which mail is collected together, then sorted prior to delivery.
    • The town has a long association with T.P.O. [travelling post office] working, the stock and operation of which has changed little over the years, but in 1961 new postal vans were introduced on the "York Mail" and a conveyor belt from platform 7 to the sorting office is to be installed to speed...1963 January, Jeffrey P. Burke, “Railway crossroads of the north-west: Shrewsbury”, in Modern Railways, page 51

sorting office meaning in Tamil

sorting office in Tamil

அஞ்சல் பிரிப்பலுவலகம்

Forms of sorting office

pluralsorting offices

Questions about sorting office

What does sorting office mean?
Sorting office means a building in which mail is collected together, then sorted prior to delivery.
What is sorting office in Tamil?
Sorting office in Tamil is அஞ்சல் பிரிப்பலுவலகம். See Sorting office meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sorting office?
Sorting office is a noun.
What is the plural of sorting office?
The plural of sorting office is sorting offices.

Words near sorting office in the dictionary

  1. sortilegus
  2. sortilegy
  3. sortilin
  4. sortilins
  5. sorting
  6. sorting office
  7. sorting offices
  8. sorting oneself out
  9. sorting out
  10. sorting table
  11. sorting tables

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