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A symbol in an alphabet.
* Bible, (w) xxiii. 38
A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
* (1662-1708)
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
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*:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
Literal meaning.
* (Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
* (1809-1892)
* 2009 , 23 February, BBC,
(plural) Literature.
A size of paper, 8½ in]] × 11 in (215.9 [[millimetre, mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm).
A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
to print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
(intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).
One who lets, or lets out.
(archaic) One who retards or hinders.
letter
English
(wikipedia letter)Etymology 1
(etyl) letter, lettre, from (etyl) letre, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew.
- The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural.
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- We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver.
- I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.
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- Some MEPs from some countries may have pocketed £2m more than I have by observing the letter but not the spirit of the rules.
- Under these buildingswas the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "letter")Synonyms
* bookstaveHyponyms
* epistle * missiveDerived terms
* accountant's letter * advisory letter * air letter * black letter * capital letter * chain letter * comfort letter * commercial letter of credit * cover letter * covering letter * crank letter * day letter * dead letter office * Dear John letter * deficiency letter * domincal letter * drop letter * encyclical letter * fan letter * form letter * four-letter/four-letter word * French letter * guarantee letter * investment letter * irrevocable letter of credit * letter blindness * letter bomb * letter bond * letter box * letter carrier * letter case * letter missive * letter of administration * letter of attorney * letter of comfort * letter of comment * letter of credence * letter of credit * letter of guarantee * letter of indemnity * letter of intent * Letter of Jeremiah * letter of marque * letter of motivation * letter of the law * letter opener * letter paper * letter perfect/letter-perfect * letter-quality * letter security * letter stock * letter telegram * letterform * letterhead * letterman * letterure * love letter * market letter * news letter/news-letter/newsletter * night letter * no-action letter * open letter * night letter * poison-pen letter * red letter * scarlet letter * sea letter * small letter * swash letter * to the letter * transmittal letter * varsity letterVerb
(en verb)Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- the letter of a room
- a blood-letter