Usually means: Slot for receiving delivered mail.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word letterbox:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. letterbox: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. letterbox: Merriam-Webster
  3. letterbox: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. letterbox: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Letterbox, letterbox: Wordnik
  6. letterbox: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. letterbox: Wiktionary
  8. letterbox: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. letterbox: Dictionary.com
  10. letterbox: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Letterbox: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. letterbox: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Anime Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Webopedia (No longer online)
  2. letterbox: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. letterbox: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. letterbox: Television: Critical Methods and Applications

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A box into which mail is put.
noun:  A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
noun:  A delivery point for mail, a box, compartment or slot for this purpose.
noun:  A hidden container that holds a logbook and rubber stamp, found by following clues as a form of recreation.
noun:  (mountaineering) A rectangular hole or slot.
adjective:  (film) Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area.
verb:  (film, transitive) 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.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook and rubber stamp) by following clues.

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