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Vinony

letterbox

noun

  1. box to which letters and other mail items are delivered
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From letter + box.

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

noun

Etymology: From letter + box.

  1. A box into which mail is put.
  2. A box into which mail is put.

    “A wad of junk mail was pushed through the letterbox in the front door and dropped onto the mat.”

  3. A hidden container that holds a logbook and rubber stamp, found by following clues as a form of recreation.
  4. 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.”

verb

Etymology: From letter + box.

  1. 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.
  2. To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook and rubber stamp) by following clues.