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letterbox

[ let-er-boks ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
Digital Technology, Television. a technique for displaying a wide-screen film or landscape video on a narrower screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen above and below the picture (often used attributively): Compare pan and scan, pillarbox ( def 1 ).
letterbox videos.

Digital Technology, Television. to display (a film or video) by using the letterbox technique.

First recorded in 1765–75; letter ¹( def ) + box ¹( def )

The lid flew back, and we pressed forward, and each ran his hand down into the letterbox.

Among them I expected to see a letterbox; but there was nothing that looked like despatches.

The front door should have a knocker and a letterbox, and around both the door and the windows should be imitation framework.

He felt in the letterbox, drew forth a letter, and with this he went back to the sitting-room.

There must be a rural delivery, and if so, at the gate would be a letterbox.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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