English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] letter box
Letterboxes next to a stop sign in California letterbox (plural letterboxes
( chiefly UK ) mail is put.
Synonym: ( chiefly US ) mailbox A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.
Synonyms: post box ( UK ) pillar box
A delivery point for mail, a box , compartment or slot for this purpose.
Synonym: ( US ) mail slot A wad of junk mail was pushed through the letterbox in the front door and dropped onto the mat. A hidden container that holds a logbook and rubber stamp , found by following clues as a form of recreation .
( mountaineering ) rectangular hole or slot .
1954 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.
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] collection point for mail
Arabic: صُنْدُوق بَرِيد m ( ṣundūq barīd ) , صَنْدُوق بَرِيد m ( ṣandūq barīd )
Armenian: փոստարկղ (hy) ( pʻostarkġ )
Azerbaijani: poçt qutusu
Belarusian: пашто́вая скры́ня f ( paštóvaja skrýnja ) , пашто́вая скры́нка f ( paštóvaja skrýnka )
Bulgarian: по́щенска кути́я f ( póštenska kutíja )
Burmese: စာပုံး (my) ( capum: )
Catalan: bústia (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 郵箱 ／ 邮箱 ( jau4 soeng1 )
Mandarin: 郵箱 ／ 邮箱 (zh) ( yóuxiāng )
Czech: poštovní schránka f
Danish: postkasse (da) c
Dutch: brievenbus (nl) m
Estonian: postkast (et)
Faroese: postkassi m brævkassi m
Finnish: kirjelaatikko (fi)
French: boîte aux lettres (fr) f boite aux lettres (fr) f
Georgian: საფოსტო ყუთი (ka) ( saposṭo q̇uti )
German: Briefkasten (de) m Postkasten (de) m Postbriefkasten m
Greek: γραμματοκιβώτιο (el) n ( grammatokivótio )
Greenlandic: allakkanut nakkartitsisarfik
Hindi: लेटरबॉक्स m ( leṭarbŏks ) , पत्र पेटिका f ( patra peṭikā )
Hungarian: postaláda (hu)
Indonesian: bis surat
Irish: bosca poist m
Italian: buca delle lettere (it) f
Kazakh: пошта жәшігі ( poşta jäşıgı )
Korean: 우체통(郵遞筒) (ko) ( uchetong )
Kyrgyz: почта жашиги ( pocta jaşigi )
Lao: ຕູ້ໄປສະນີ ( tū pai sa nī )
Latvian: pastkastīte f
Lithuanian: pašto dėžutė f
Lü: ᦷᦂᧅᧈᦟᦻ ( k̇ok¹laay )
Macedonian: поштенско сандаче n ( poštensko sandače )
Malay: peti pos (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: postkasse (no) m or f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: صَنْدوقِ پُسْت (fa) ( sanduğ-e post )
Polish: skrzynka pocztowa (pl) f
Portuguese: caixa de correio (pt) f
Romanian: cutie poștală f
Russian: почто́вый я́щик (ru) m ( počtóvyj jáščik )
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: poštansko sanduče n poštanski sandučić m
Slovak: poštová schránka f
Slovene: poštni nabiralnik m
Spanish: buzón (es) m
Swedish: brevlåda (sv) c
Tajik: қуттии почта ( quttiyi počta )
Thai: ตู้ไปรษณีย์ ( dtûu-bprai-sà-nii )
Ukrainian: пошто́ва скри́нька f ( poštóva skrýnʹka )
Urdu: صَندُوقِ بَرِید m ( sandūq-i barīd )
Uzbek: pochta qutisi
Vietnamese: thùng thư (vi) , hòm thư (vi) , hòm thư đi
Welsh: blwch llythrau m
delivery point for mail
Armenian: փոստարկղ (hy) ( pʻostarkġ )
Azerbaijani: poçt qutusu
Belarusian: пашто́вая скры́ня f ( paštóvaja skrýnja ) , пашто́вая скры́нка f ( paštóvaja skrýnka ) , лісто́ўня f ( listóŭnja )
Bulgarian: по́щенска кути́я f ( póštenska kutíja )
Burmese: စာပုံး (my) ( capum: )
Catalan: bústia (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 信箱 ( seon3 soeng1 )
Mandarin: 信箱 (zh) ( xìnxiāng )
Czech: poštovní schránka f
Danish: postkasse (da) c
Dutch: brievenbus (nl) m
Estonian: postkast (et)
Faroese: brævkassi m postkassi m
Finnish: kirjelaatikko (fi)
French: boîte aux lettres (fr) f boite aux lettres (fr) f
Georgian: საფოსტო ყუთი (ka) ( saposṭo q̇uti )
German: Briefkasten (de) m Hausbriefkasten m
Greek: γραμματοκιβώτιο (el) n ( grammatokivótio )
Greenlandic: allakkanut nakkartitsisarfik
Hindi: लेटरबॉक्स m ( leṭarbŏks ) , पत्र पेटिका f ( patra peṭikā )
Hungarian: postaláda (hu) , levélszekrény (hu)
Icelandic: pósthólf n
Irish: bosca litreacha m
Italian: cassetta per le lettere f
Japanese: 郵便受け (ja) ( ゆうびんうけ, yūbin'uke )
Korean: 우편함(郵便函) ( upyeonham )
Lao: ຕູ້ໄປສະນີ ( tū pai sa nī )
Macedonian: поштенско сандаче n ( poštensko sandače )
Norman: boête à lettres f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: postkasse (no) m or f
Polish: skrzynka pocztowa (pl) f
Portuguese: caixa de correio (pt) f
Romanian: cutie poștală f
Russian: почто́вый я́щик (ru) m ( počtóvyj jáščik )
Scottish Gaelic: ( box ) bogsa-litrichean m ( slot ) toll-litrichean m
Slovak: poštová schránka f
Slovene: nabiralnik m poštni nabiralnik m
Spanish: buzón (es) m
Swedish: postlåda (sv) c brevlåda (sv) c
Tajik: қуттии почта ( quttiyi počta )
Thai: ตู้ไปรษณีย์ ( dtûu-bprai-sà-nii )
Turkish: posta kutusu (tr)
Ukrainian: пошто́ва скри́нька f ( poštóva skrýnʹka )
Uzbek: pochta qutisi
Vietnamese: hòm thư (vi) , hộp thư (vi) , hòm thư đến hòm thư cá nhân hộp thư cá nhân
Welsh: blwch llythrau m
Further reading [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] letterbox (not comparable )
( film ) aspect ratio , having black bars above and below the picture area.Translations [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ] letterbox (third-person singular simple present letterboxes present participle letterboxing simple past and past participle letterboxed
( film ) To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook and rubber stamp) by following clues. Related terms [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ] 
Post box on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 