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drop letter

drop letter noun: a letter mailed at a post office and either kept for general delivery, or delivered to a post office box, at that same post office.

Noun

drop letter (plural drop letters)

  1. (US) A letter mailed at a post office and either kept for general delivery, or delivered to a post office box, at that same post office.
  2. A large letter at the beginning of a line of text, positioned in a decorative way below the baseline of the rest of the type.

Forms of drop letter

pluraldrop letters

Questions about drop letter

What does drop letter mean?
Drop letter means a letter mailed at a post office and either kept for general delivery, or delivered to a post office box, at that same post office.
What part of speech is drop letter?
Drop letter is a noun.
What is the plural of drop letter?
The plural of drop letter is drop letters.

Words near drop letter in the dictionary

  1. drop kerbs
  2. drop kick
  3. drop kicked
  4. drop kicking
  5. drop kicks
  6. drop letter
  7. drop letters
  8. drop light
  9. drop lights
  10. drop like a bad habit
  11. drop like a hot brick

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