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LET-uh-boks/ˈletə bɒks/

A letter box (id: letter-box) is a slot in a door for posting letters into a house (UK; also letterbox). A post box is a public box in the street; a pigeonhole is staff mail. Office: do not put homework through the letter box after 4pm; use the late-work tray.

Meaning

A slot in a door for posting letters into a house (UK).

Examples

• “Do not put homework through the office letter box after 4pm; use the late-work tray.”
• “A letter box on a halls door still needs the key; posting a spare is a security fail.”

Good to know

a letter box (UK). Close: letterbox. Contrast: a post box / a pigeonhole. Office / halls. Countable slots. Mix-up: a letter is the mail; the letter box is the slot.

Near in meaning

letterbox

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