As nouns the difference between elephant and letterbox
is that elephant is elephant while letterbox is a collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
As an adjective letterbox is
(film) transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area.
As a verb letterbox is
(film) 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.
elephant
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A mammal of the order Proboscidea , having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
(figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.
(paper, printing) A printing-paper size measuring 30 inches x 22 inches.
(British, childish) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second.
- Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant''', two '''elephant''', three '''elephant ...
(obsolete) ivory
- (Dryden)
Synonyms
* (animal) Elephas maximus'', ''Loxodonta africana
* (counting term) see
Hyponyms
* (animal) African bush elephant, African forest elephant, Indian elephant, African elephant
Derived terms
* African bush elephant
* African elephant
* African forest elephant
* Asian elephant
* Asiatic elephant
* Borneo elephant, Borneo pygmy elephant
* double elephant, double elephant paper
* dwarf elephant
* elephant apple
* elephant bed
* elephant beetle
* elephant bird, elephantbird
* elephant chess
* elephant-color, elephant-colour
* elephant cord
* elephant creeper
* elephant ear, elephant ears
* elephant fish
* elephant flipping
* elephant folio
* Elephant Gambit
* elephant garlic
* elephant grass
* elephant-gravel
* elephant-gray, elephant-grey
* elephant gun
*
* elephant hawk moth
* elephanticide
* elephantide
* elephant in Cairo
* elephant in the corner, elephant in the kitchen, elephant in the living room, elephant in the room
* (Elephant Island)
* elephantitis
* elephant joke
* elephant juice
* elephant leg
* (Elephant Man)
* elephant man's disease
* elephant man's syndrome
* elephant on the dinner table
* elephant paper
* elephant-path
* elephant pearl
* elephant polo
* elephant-rain
* elephantry
* elephant's breath
* elephant seal
* elephant's ear, elephant's ears
* elephant's foot
* elephant's foot umbrella stand
* elephant's-grass
* elephants' graveyard
* elephantship
* elephant shrew
* elephant's teeth
* elephant's trunk, elephant trunk
* Elephant's Trunk Nebula
* elephant's trunk plant
* elephant's trunk snake
* elephant's tusk
* elephant's-tusks
* elephant's-vine
* elephant test
* elephant trank
* elephant tranquilizer, elephant tranquilliser, elephant tranquillizer
* Elephant Trap
* elephant tree
* elephant-trumpet
* elephant-trunk fish
* Elephant Trunk nebula
* elephant-tusk
* elephant yam
*
* forest elephant
* get a look at the elephant
* imperial elephant
* Indian elephant
* Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
* Order of the Elephant
* pad elephant
* pink elephant
* pink elephants
* pseudelephant
* pygmy elephant
* retail elephant
* rogue elephant
* savanna elephant, savannah elephant
* sea elephant
* see the elephant
* show the elephant
* Sri Lankan elephant
* straight-tusked elephant
* Sumatran elephant
* temple elephant
* war elephant
* water elephant
* white elephant
Related terms
* chryselephantine
* elephancy
* elephanta
* elephanter
* elephantiac
* elephantiasis
* elephantic
* Elephantidae
* elephantine
* elephantoid
* Elephantopus
* Elephas
letterbox
English
Alternative forms
* letter box
Adjective
(-)
(film) Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area.
External links
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Noun
(letterboxes)
A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
A delivery point for mail, a box, compartment or slot for this purpose.
Synonyms
* (collection and delivery point) mailbox
* (collection point) post box
* (collection point) (UK) pillar box
* (delivery point) (US) mail slot
External links
* (collection) (Post box)
* (delivery point) (Letter box)
Verb
(es)
(film) 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.
Related terms
* full screen
* pan and scan
* pillarbox
* tilt and scan
* widescreen
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