ALL meanings of letterboxing
let·ter·box
L l - noun letterboxing Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox. 1
- noun letterboxing 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 letterboxing Digital Technology, Television. to display (a film or video) by using the letterbox technique. 1
- noun letterboxing Present participle of letterbox. 1
- noun letterboxing A hobby in which participants attempt to locate small boxes containing rubber stamps by following clues. 0
- noun letterboxing a method of formatting film that enables all of a wide-screen film to be transmitted on a television screen, resulting in a blank strip of screen above and below the picture 0
- noun letterboxing a type of treasure hunt in which a box, known as a letterbox, is hidden in a remote rural location and clues are provided as to its whereabouts 0