英和和英

語源

letter +‎ box

名詞

letterbox (複数形 letterboxes)

1. (chiefly UK) A box into which mail is put.

   Synonym: (主に米国用法) mailbox

   1. A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.

      Synonyms: post box, (英国用法) pillar box

   2. A delivery point for mail, a box, compartment or slot for this purpose.

      Synonym: (米国用法) mail slot

      A wad of junk mail was pushed through the letterbox in the front door and dropped onto the mat.

2. A hidden container that holds a logbook and rubber stamp, found by following clues as a form of recreation.
3. (mountaineering) A rectangular hole or slot.
   • 1954, Daniel Talbot, A Treasury of Mountaineering Stories, page 239:

     His strength was running out fast: one more good letterbox was all that he could conceive himself able to make. He made it, hacking away with slow, painful strokes, his axe-handle slippery with his sweat.

Further reading

• (collection): Post box on Wikipedia.
• (delivery point): Letter box on Wikipedia.

形容詞

letterbox (not comparable)

1. (film) Transferred to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, having black bars above and below the picture area.

Further reading

• Letterboxing (filming) on Wikipedia.

動詞

letterbox (三人称単数 現在形 letterboxes, 現在分詞 letterboxing, 過去形および過去分詞形 letterboxed)

1. (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.
2. To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook かつ rubber stamp) by following clues.

関連する語

• full screen
• pan and scan
• pillarbox
• tilt and scan
• widescreen

Further reading

• Letterboxing (filming) on Wikipedia.