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letter column

letter column noun: a section of a periodical in which the letters of readers are published.

Noun

letter column (plural letter columns)

  1. A section of a periodical in which the letters of readers are published.
    • A prozine without a letter column is a fakezine, and no trufan will buy one.1958, Ralph Merridette Holland, Ghu's Lexicon, page 3
    • Gernsback's second response to his readership was to establish a letter column, called 'Discussions', which became a regular feature from the January 1927 issue.2000, Michael Ashley, The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, volume 1, →ISBN, page 53

Forms of letter column

pluralletter columns

Words formed from letter column

Questions about letter column

What does letter column mean?
Letter column means a section of a periodical in which the letters of readers are published.
What part of speech is letter column?
Letter column is a noun.
What is the plural of letter column?
The plural of letter column is letter columns.

Words near letter column in the dictionary

  1. letter cards
  2. letter carrier
  3. letter carriers
  4. letter case
  5. letter cases
  6. letter column
  7. letter columns
  8. letter corporal
  9. letter corporals
  10. letter grade
  11. letter grades

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