The Clue
Laundry job (7 letter answer)
The Answer
SORTING
Tags
Notes
The answer SORTING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Job for some clerks
Post-office task
Definition
SORTING as a noun:
1. (sort, sorting) = an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting"
2. (classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting) = the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
3. grouping by class or kind or size
SORT as a verb:
1. (screen, screen out, sieve, sort) = examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
2. (classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate) = arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"