How do you use Letterbox in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Letterbox in a sentence
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Letterbox meaning
- A box into which mail is put.
- A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
Letterbox vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Letterbox
- The main meaning on this page is: A box into which mail is put. | A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose. | A box into which mail is put.
- Possible Dutch translations are: brievenbus.
- In the example corpus, letterbox often appears in combinations such as: the letterbox, letterbox that, their letterbox.
Context around Letterbox
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Letterbox
- In this selection, "letterbox" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, talking, delivery, hybrid, stamp and waiting stand out and add context to how "letterbox" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include on the letterbox she found and and a letterbox in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "letterbox" sits close to words such as absentees, accruing and aerosmith, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with letterbox
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was opening the letterbox and called out for her. (10 words)
It certainly wasn’t my letterbox that it was left in. (11 words)
After leaving the church take a signposted track on the right by a letterbox. (14 words)
In the days when the internet, Facebook and Twitter was a far-fetched idea on Tomorrow’s World, the Star dropping through the letterbox each Thursday with some quotes from the coach was the first insight into the weekend’s fixture. (41 words)
In his closing address, Mr Sfinas made a point of the half-empty drink, saying the former NRL star used the woman's letterbox as a stand for the drink, which he would come and 'finish off' when he left. (40 words)
Guest Book Caches use guest books often found in museums, tourist information centers, etc. They are listed exclusively at Opencaching.us. A Letterbox Hybrid Cache is a combination of a geocache and a letterbox in the same container. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Guest Book Caches use guest books often found in museums, tourist information centers, etc. They are listed exclusively at Opencaching.us. A Letterbox Hybrid Cache is a combination of a geocache and a letterbox in the same container.
In the US, letterboxes have developed new forms: ; Cootie : Much like a hitchhiker, except instead of being carried from letterbox to letterbox, a letterboxer passes it to another letterboxer.
Letterboxers carry their own stamp with them, to stamp the letterbox's log book and inversely stamp their personal log book with the letterbox stamp.
A woman has spoken about how she and her son are lucky to be alive after petrol was allegedly poured through her letterbox and set alight.
He was opening the letterbox and called out for her.
In his closing address, Mr Sfinas made a point of the half-empty drink, saying the former NRL star used the woman's letterbox as a stand for the drink, which he would come and 'finish off' when he left.
In the days when the internet, Facebook and Twitter was a far-fetched idea on Tomorrow’s World, the Star dropping through the letterbox each Thursday with some quotes from the coach was the first insight into the weekend’s fixture.
It certainly wasn’t my letterbox that it was left in.
Meanwhile, her new front door has no letterbox, and also has a “Ring” smart doorbell, which has a camera inside it.
Ms McAuley was angry about the crash, the jury heard, and used a letterbox to smash up a car containing the woman when she returned from the police station.
Santa’s Grotto will be open with a magical talking letterbox waiting to post your Christmas list and you can snap an adorable photo of your pups in the Santa Paws room.
The 80-year-old said while he "fully supports" Forster getting a new library precinct, over the years council information about the project had appeared anonymously in his letterbox, which raised some "serious concerns".
The letterbox-style rear window and those rising rear-quarters make over-the-shoulder lane change checks more difficult - though the wing mirrors are usefully large and square in shape.
After leaving the church take a signposted track on the right by a letterbox.
An arsonist who murdered a mother and her daughters by pouring petrol through the letterbox of their flat before torching the home has won his bid to reduce his jail time.
And so their letterbox tasting packs were born – offering six different wines in a slim container.
Doorbell footage shows the moment a Tory canvasser was caught on camera removing a Party pamphlet from a letterbox.
Hazel the postal elf will give you everything you need to write your Christmas wish list to Father Christmas, including a fast-track stamp to pop in our special-delivery letterbox.
On the letterbox she found a black mug printed with the words 'Have A Nice Day'.
On the letterbox she found a black mug printed with the words “Have A Nice Day”.
Common combinations with letterbox
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the letterbox 10×
- letterbox that 4×
- their letterbox 4×
- and letterbox 3×
- her letterbox 3×
- letterbox and 3×
- letterbox or 3×
- letterbox in 2×
- from letterbox 2×
- letterbox to 2×