letterbox

letterbox
[[t]le̱tə(r)bɒks[/t]]
letterboxes
1) N-COUNT A letterbox is a rectangular hole in a door or a small box at the entrance to a building into which letters and small parcels are delivered. Compare post box. [mainly BRIT]
(in AM, usually use mailbox)
2) ADJ If something is displayed on a television or computer screen in letterbox format, it is displayed across the middle of the screen with dark bands at the top and bottom of the screen.

English dictionary. 2008.

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