letterbox (redirected from letterboxes)

let·ter·box  (ltr-bks)

n.

1. See mailbox.

2. A format for presenting movies on television that maintains the rectangular theater image on a television screen by reducing the overall image until the full width can be seen, resulting in blank space above and below the image.

tr.v. let·ter·box·es, let·ter·box·ing, let·ter·boxed

To produce or present (film) in a letterbox format.

Translations

letterbox [ˈlɛtəbɔks] n (BRIT) → buzón m

letterbox [ˈlɛtəbɔks] letter n (Brit) → boîte f aux or à lettres

letterbox [ˈlɛtəbɔks] n → buca delle lettere