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sorting office

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Mail, Offices
ˈsorting ˌoffice noun [countable] British English  TCMBBOa place where letters and packages are put into groups according to where they have to be delivered 邮件分拣处
Examples from the Corpus
sorting officeThe items were intercepted in Haverhill by a sorting office worker.The others are also understood to have passed through the main sorting office in Crown Street.Five similar devices were found in mail at the building's sorting office and defused by the Army.Lance Rees was set on as he passed the sorting office in Withernsea, Humberside, on his way to school.Graham smiled and crossed the road to the sorting office, smelling its new coat of paint.
From Longman Business Dictionarysorting officeˈsorting ˌoffice [countable] British English a place where letters and packages that have been collected from post boxes are put into groups according to where they have to be delivered office
ˈsorting ˌoffice nounChineseSyllable
where Business packages letters into a and groups put are Corpus place


sorting office
ˈsorting ˌoffice noun [countable] British English
a place where letters and packages are put into groups according to where they have to be delivered


sorting officeBrE /ˈsɔːtɪŋ ɒfɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɔːrtɪŋ ɔːfɪs/ 🔊, /ˈsɔːrtɪŋ ɑːfɪs/ 🔊 noun (BrE) a place where mail is sorted before being delivered 邮件分拣室