NOUN
- a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for
- public box for deposit of mail
- a private box for delivery of mail
How To Use letter box In A Sentence
- The man had been seen firing a rifle in his back garden and through his letter box.
- Through all our letter boxes this week dropped yet another barmy proposal dreamt up by DEFRA in response to the 1991 Nitrates Directive.
- With images of the battle behind her, she posts an envelope through the letter box of a terraced house. Times, Sunday Times
- There was no vehicle parked outside, there was no bang on the door and no card through the letter box.
- In Beverley, a firework was pushed through the letter box of a house and exploded in the box, causing damage.
- He was pressed against the wood face, his hips hard on to the letter box, and he cursed the slow reaction.
- The council put a note through the letter box stating we are banned from parking outside our houses for the duration to speed up traffic.
- Cutting letter box slots in doors is a job most of us have to do once or twice in a decade.
- A lit firework was wedged in the letter box in the front door and blasted part of the door through the living room.
- Then there are the popular clay water pots, coffee mugs, magazine holders, clock stands, letter boxes and flower vases.