ALL meanings of letterbox
let·ter·box
L l - noun letterbox Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox. 1
- noun letterbox 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 letterbox Digital Technology, Television. to display (a film or video) by using the letterbox technique. 1
- noun letterbox (chiefly in the UK) a mailbox. 1
- noun letterbox slot, box for delivered mail 1
- noun letterbox box for posting mail 1
- noun letterbox screen format: reduced 1
- noun letterbox A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose. 0
- noun letterbox A delivery point for mail, a box, compartment or slot for this purpose. 0
- noun letterbox A hidden container that holds a logbook and rubber stamp which is found by following clues. 0
- verb letterbox (film) To transfer a widescreen motion picture to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, with the placing of black bars above and below the picture area. 0
- verb letterbox To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook and rubber stamp) by following clues. 0
- adjective letterbox (film) Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area. 0
- countable noun letterbox A letterbox is a rectangular hole in a door or a small box at the entrance to a building into which letters and small parcels are delivered. Compare postbox. 0
- adjective letterbox If something is displayed on a television or computer screen in letterbox format, it is displayed across the middle of the screen with dark bands at the top and bottom of the screen. 0
- noun letterbox a slot, usually covered with a hinged flap, through which letters, etc, are delivered to a building 0
- noun letterbox a private box into which letters, etc, are delivered 0
- noun letterbox a public box into which letters, etc, are put for collection and delivery 0
- noun letterbox a format for presenting films in video form, that preserves the widescreen image by means of dark bands above and below the image 0
- adjective letterbox telecast or recorded for playback using such a format 0