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Definition of Letter box
1. Noun. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
2. Noun. Public box for deposit of mail.
3. Noun. A private box for delivery of mail.
Definition of Letter box
1. Noun. A mail slot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Letter Box
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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