letter
/ˈlɛtɚ/ noun A1- A symbol in an alphabet. · There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
- A written or printed communication, usually defined as longer and more formal than a note. (Sometimes specifically one that is on paper.) · I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
- The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit).
- Literature. · Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.
- A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet. · Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.
- A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm).
- A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
- A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
Plural letters
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All the little letters did the English printer set;
There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it, (“which certainly was not here before,” said Alice,) and round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words “DRINK ME,” beautifully printed on it in large letters.
The Fish-Footman began by producing from under his arm a great letter, nearly as large as himself, and this he handed over to the other, saying, in a solemn tone, “For the Duchess.
“I haven’t opened it yet,” said the White Rabbit, “but it seems to be a letter, written by the prisoner to—to somebody.”
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