letter box

let·ter box

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [let-er boks]
- /ˈlɛt ər bɒks/
- /ˈletə(r) bɒks/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [let-er boks]
- /ˈlɛt ər bɒks/

Definitions of letter box words

noun letter box Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox. 1
noun letter box Digital Technology, Television. a technique for displaying a wide-screen film or landscape video on a narrower screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen above and below the picture (often used attributively): letterbox videos. Compare pan and scan, pillarbox (def 1). 1
verb with object letter box Digital Technology, Television. to display (a film or video) by using the letterbox technique. 1
noun letter box mailbox 0

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Origin of letter box

First appearance:

before 1765

One of the 46% newest English words

First recorded in 1765-75; letter1 + box1

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Parts of speech for Letter box

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Letter box

letter box popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for letter box

noun letter box

mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
letter drop — (in a door or partition) a slot through which letters can be pushed.
letterbox — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
mailbox — a public box in which mail is placed for pickup and delivery by the post office.
pillar box — a pillarlike box in which letters are deposited for collection by mail carriers; mailbox.

All 6 Synonyms of letter box