letterbox
letterbox noun: a collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
Noun
letterbox (plural letterboxes)
- A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
- Synonyms:
- mailbox, post box, pillar box
- A delivery point for mail, a box, compartment or slot for this purpose.
- A wad of junk mail was pushed through the letterbox in the front door and dropped onto the mat.
- A hidden container that holds a logbook and rubber stamp, found by following clues as a form of recreation.
- A rectangular hole or slot.
- His strength was running out fast: one more good letterbox was all that he could conceive himself able to make. He made it, hacking away with slow, painful strokes, his axe-handle slippery with his sweat.1954, Daniel Talbot, A Treasury of Mountaineering Stories, page 239
Adjective
letterbox (not comparable)
- Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area.
Verb
letterbox (third-person singular simple present letterboxes, present participle letterboxing, simple past and past participle letterboxed)
- 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.
- To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook and rubber stamp) by following clues.
letterbox meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Punjabi
letterbox in Hindi
- delivery point for mail
- लेटरबॉक्स leṭarbŏks, पत्र पेटिका patra peṭikā
- collection point for mail
- लेटरबॉक्स leṭarbŏks, पत्र पेटिका patra peṭikā
- transferred to home video formats
- लेटरबॉक्स leṭarbŏks
letterbox in Marathi
- transferred to home video formats
- लेटरबॉक्स leṭarbŏksa
letterbox in Urdu
- collection point for mail
- صَندُوقِ بَرِید sandūq-i barīd
letterbox in Punjabi
- letterbox
- پتر کسیڑو pattar kuseṛū
More languagesFewer languages
- letterbox in Tagalog
- buson
- letterbox in Arabic
- صُنْدُوق بَرِيد ṣundūq barīd, صَنْدُوق بَرِيد ṣandūq barīd
- letterbox in Malay
- peti pos
- letterbox in Indonesian
- bis surat
- letterbox in Thai
- ตู้ไปรษณีย์ dtûu-bprai-sà-nii
- letterbox in Vietnamese
- hòm thư, hộp thư, hòm thư đến, hòm thư cá nhân
- letterbox in Myanmar
- စာပုံး capum:
Synonyms of letterbox
Forms of letterbox
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | letterboxes |
| alternative form | letter box |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | letterboxes |
| present participle | letterboxing |
| past participle | letterboxed |
| past | letterboxed |
Origin of letterbox
From letter + box.
Words formed from letterbox
Phrases with letterbox
Questions about letterbox
- What does letterbox mean?
- Letterbox means a collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
- What is letterbox in Hindi?
- Letterbox in Hindi is लेटरबॉक्स (leṭarbŏks), पत्र पेटिका (patra peṭikā). See Letterbox meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is letterbox?
- Letterbox can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- What is the plural of letterbox?
- The plural of letterbox is letterboxes.
Words near letterbox in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: letterbox (page history and authors); پتر کسیڑو (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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