English Explanatory Dictionary

letterbox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A box into which mail is put.
  2. A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
  3. A delivery point for mail, a box, compartment or slot for this purpose.
  4. A hidden container that holds a logbook and rubber stamp, found by following clues as a form of recreation.
  5. A rectangular hole or slot.
adj
  1. Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area.
verb
  1. 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.
  2. To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook and rubber stamp) by following clues.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-letterbox.wav

Word forms

letterbox letterboxes letter box letterboxing letterboxed

Etymology

From letter + box.

Synonyms

mailbox post box pillar box mail slot

Related words

full screen pan and scan pillarbox tilt and scan widescreen

Derived words

letterbox company letterbox contact letterboxer letterbox format

Translations

Armenian: փոստարկղ Azerbaijani: poçt qutusu Belarusian: пашто́вая скры́ня Belarusian: пашто́вая скры́нка Belarusian: лісто́ўня Bulgarian: по́щенска кути́я Burmese: စာပုံး Catalan: bústia Chinese Cantonese: 信箱 Chinese Mandarin: 信箱 Czech: poštovní schránka Danish: postkasse Dutch: brievenbus Esperanto: leterkesto Estonian: postkast Faroese: brævkassi Faroese: postkassi Finnish: kirjelaatikko French: boîte aux lettres French: boite aux lettres Georgian: საფოსტო ყუთი German: Briefkasten German: Hausbriefkasten Greek: γραμματοκιβώτιο Greenlandic: allakkanut nakkartitsisarfik Hindi: लेटरबॉक्स Hindi: पत्र पेटिका Hungarian: postaláda Hungarian: levélszekrény Icelandic: pósthólf Irish: bosca litreacha Italian: cassetta per le lettere Japanese: 郵便受け Korean: 우편함 Lao: ຕູ້ໄປສະນີ Macedonian: поштенско сандаче Norman: boête à lettres Norwegian Bokmål: postkasse Polish: skrzynka pocztowa Portuguese: caixa de correio Romanian: cutie poștală Russian: почто́вый я́щик Scottish Gaelic: bogsa-litrichean Scottish Gaelic: toll-litrichean Slovak: poštová schránka Slovene: nabiralnik Slovene: poštni nabiralnik Spanish: buzón Swedish: postlåda Swedish: brevlåda
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