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3 dictionary results for: letterbox
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let·ter·box [let-er-boks] Pronunciation Key
a technique for displaying a wide-screen film on a regular-format television screen by reducing its size until the entire image is visible, thus retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the borders of the screen above and below the picture. Compare pan and scan.
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let·ter·box       (lět'ər-bŏks')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. See mailbox.
  2. A format for presenting movies on television that maintains the rectangular theater image on a television screen by reducing the overall image until the full width can be seen, resulting in blank space above and below the image.

tr.v.   let·ter·box·es, let·ter·box·ing, let·ter·boxed
To produce or present (film) in a letterbox format.

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mail·box       (māl'bŏks')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A public container for deposit of outgoing mail. Also called postbox.
  2. A private box for incoming mail. Also called letterbox.
  3. A computer file or set of files for the collection and storage of e-mail.

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