letterbox
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: broadcasting
film
hobbies
lifestyle
media
mountaineering
sports
television
Etymology: From letter + box.
Compound parts: letter
box
Inflected forms:
form: letterboxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: letter box
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: letter box
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: letterboxes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: letterboxing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: letterboxed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: letterboxed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: letter box
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A box into which mail is put.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
gloss: A box into which mail is put.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
examples: A wad of junk mail was pushed through the letterbox in the front door and dropped onto the mat.
gloss: A hidden container that holds a logbook and rubber stamp, found by following clues as a form of recreation.
pos: noun
gloss: A rectangular hole or slot.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook and rubber stamp) by following clues.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
Related words: full screen
pan and scan
pillarbox
tilt and scan
widescreen
Derived words: letterbox company
letterbox contact
letterboxer
letterbox format
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: փոստարկղ
roman: pʻostarkġ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: poçt qutusu
lang: Belarusian
word: пашто́вая скры́ня
roman: paštóvaja skrýnja
lang: Belarusian
word: пашто́вая скры́нка
roman: paštóvaja skrýnka
lang: Belarusian
word: лісто́ўня
roman: listównja
lang: Bulgarian
word: по́щенска кути́я
roman: póštenska kutíja
lang: Burmese
word: စာပုံး
roman: capum:
lang: Catalan
word: bústia
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 信箱
roman: seon³ soeng¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 信箱
roman: xìnxiāng
lang: Czech
word: poštovní schránka
lang: Danish
word: postkasse
lang: Dutch
word: brievenbus
lang: Esperanto
word: leterkesto
lang: Estonian
word: postkast
lang: Faroese
word: brævkassi
lang: Faroese
word: postkassi
lang: Finnish
word: kirjelaatikko
lang: French
word: boîte aux lettres
lang: French
word: boite aux lettres
lang: Georgian
word: საფოსტო ყუთი
roman: saposṭo q̇uti
lang: German
word: Briefkasten
lang: German
word: Hausbriefkasten
lang: Greek
word: γραμματοκιβώτιο
roman: grammatokivótio
lang: Greenlandic
word: allakkanut nakkartitsisarfik
lang: Hindi
word: लेटरबॉक्स
roman: leṭarbŏks
lang: Hindi
word: पत्र पेटिका
roman: patra peṭikā
lang: Hungarian
word: postaláda
lang: Hungarian
word: levélszekrény
lang: Icelandic
word: pósthólf
lang: Irish
word: bosca litreacha
lang: Italian
word: cassetta per le lettere
lang: Japanese
word: 郵便受け
roman: yūbin'uke
lang: Korean
word: 우편함
roman: upyeonham
lang: Lao
word: ຕູ້ໄປສະນີ
roman: tū pai sa nī
lang: Macedonian
word: поштенско сандаче
roman: poštensko sandače
lang: Norman
word: boête à lettres
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: postkasse
lang: Polish
word: skrzynka pocztowa
lang: Portuguese
word: caixa de correio
lang: Romanian
word: cutie poștală
lang: Russian
word: почто́вый я́щик
roman: počtóvyj jáščik
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: bogsa-litrichean
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: toll-litrichean
lang: Slovak
word: poštová schránka
lang: Slovene
word: nabiralnik
lang: Slovene
word: poštni nabiralnik
lang: Spanish
word: buzón
lang: Swedish
word: postlåda
lang: Swedish
word: brevlåda
lang: Tajik
word: қуттии почта
roman: qutti-yi počta
lang: Thai
word: ตู้ไปรษณีย์
roman: dtûu-bprai-sà-nii
lang: Turkish
word: posta kutusu
lang: Ukrainian
word: пошто́ва скри́нька
roman: poštóva skrýnʹka
lang: Uzbek
word: pochta qutisi
lang: Vietnamese
word: hòm thư
lang: Vietnamese
word: hộp thư
lang: Vietnamese
word: hòm thư đến
lang: Vietnamese
word: hòm thư cá nhân
lang: Vietnamese
word: hộp thư cá nhân
lang: Welsh
word: blwch llythyrau
lang: Welsh
word: bocs postio