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letterbox

noun

Etymology

From letter + box.

  1. derived from Boxenstopp
  2. derived from pyxis
  3. derived from buxis
  4. inherited from *buhsā✻
  5. inherited from box
  6. inherited from box — “container, box, cup”
  7. compounded as letterbox — “letter + box”

Definitions

  1. A box into which mail is put.

  2. A hidden container that holds a logbook and rubber stamp, found by following clues as a…

    A hidden container that holds a logbook and rubber stamp, found by following clues as a form of recreation.

  3. 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.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having…

      Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area.

    2. To transfer a widescreen motion picture to home video formats while preserving the…

      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.

    3. To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook and rubber stamp) by following clues.

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Derived

letterbox company, letterbox contact, letterboxer, letterbox format

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for letterbox. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA