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sorter^¹

/sɔː.tə/
/sɔɹ.təɹ/

Sounds like (non-rhotic) sorta · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

noun sorters

A person employed to sort. But soon one notices, first in ones and twos, and then in larger groups, men who are very much alive at this hour in the morning, the sorters for the Caledonian, and Edinburgh sections of the "Down Special"; mail is piled high on the platforms, and the postal men glance occasionally towards the plat
A machine or algorithm that performs sorting.

sorter^²

adverb

not comparable, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of sorta

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@misc{sorter_2026,
  title = {sorter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sorter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}