letterbox
To transfer a widescreen motion picture to home video formats while preserving the…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.
» My father painted the letterbox red.
Mein Vater hat den Briefkasten rot angestrichen. — Waldelfe
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2 senses(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.
(intransitive, transitive)To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook and rubber stamp) by following clues.
Examples
6 sentencesMy father painted the letterbox red.
deMein Vater hat den Briefkasten rot angestrichen. — Waldelfe
I found your letter in the letterbox.
deIch habe deinen Brief im Briefkasten gefunden. — nimfeo
The next morning he found a handwritten letter in the letterbox.
That was in our letterbox.
ruЭто было в нашем почтовом ящике. — marafon
Muri arranged the letters on the front of my letterbox in the form of the golden ratio.
Origin
From letter + box.From letter + box.
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Forms
letterboxes, letterboxing, letterboxed, letterboxed| Base form | letterbox · to letterbox |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | letterboxes |
| Present participle | letterboxing |
| Past simple | letterboxed |
| Past participle | letterboxed |
regular · Lesson
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle