Definition of Letter box

1. Noun. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.

Exact synonyms: Call Box, Po Box, Pob, Post-office Box
Generic synonyms: Compartment

2. Noun. Public box for deposit of mail.
Exact synonyms: Mailbox, Postbox
Generic synonyms: Maildrop
Specialized synonyms: Pillar Box

3. Noun. A private box for delivery of mail.
Exact synonyms: Mailbox
Generic synonyms: Box

Definition of Letter box

1. Noun. A mail slot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Letter Box

lets off
lets one's hair down
lets out
lettable
letted
letten
letter
letter-perfect
letter-quality
letter agreement
letter art
letter blindness
letter bomb
letter bombs
letter bond
letter box (current term)
letter carrier
letter carriers
letter case
letter grade
letter grades
letter of attorney
letter of comfort
letter of credit
letter of intent
letter of mark and reprisal
letter of marque
letter of recommendation
letter of relaxation
letter of the alphabet

Literary usage of Letter box

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookman (1903)
"THE BOOKMAN'S LETTER-BOX Some fifty or sixty letter«; have come to us during the past six months inquiring why we have given up the Letter-Box. ..."

2. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1899)
"... LETTER-BOX. I. ITH the most heart-felt joy, my dear Major, I take up my pen to announce to you the happy arrival of the ..."

3. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"Cp, PACKET : " Post Office letter box," sub POST OFFICE. POST OBIT A Post Obit Bond or other obligation, is one that is payable on or after the death ôf a ..."

4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... LETTER-BOX WITH the most heartfelt joy, my dear Major, I take up my pen to announce to you the happy arrival of the ..."

5. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"... letter of acceptance is mailed as soon as it passes to the control of, 85. notice of dishonor is effective when deposited in any letter box, 1183. ..."

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