letter box

noun

1. 1. a slot, usually covered with a hinged flap, through which letters, etc, are delivered to a building
   2. a private box into which letters, etc, are delivered
2. Also calledpostbox a public box into which letters, etc, are put for collection and delivery

Example Sentences

There could be but one other person who would possess a key to the house and the letter-box—and he lives in St. Petersburg.

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So she put a stamp on the envelope, and went downstairs herself, and dropped it into the letter-box.

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It was handed in with the others from the front door letter-box this morning in an unstamped envelope.

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And once I had remembered that the very letter-box was set like teeth against the outer world.

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I will take the liberty of dropping it in the letter-box at your hall-door as I go out.

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