🇬🇧 Letterbox meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A letterbox is a special slot or opening in a door or wall where the mail carrier can push letters, postcards, and small packages into a house or building. It usually has a little flap that opens when the mail goes in and then closes again. The letterbox keeps the mail safe and dry until someone inside comes to collect it.

The letterbox flap keeps hitting the door, like it’s trying very hard to become a doorbell.

The letterbox scared me when I was little because I thought tiny flat robbers might crawl through it at night.

We heard the letterbox rattle, and my little cousin shouted, "The paper is here! The paper is here!" like it was a celebrity.

When the letterbox clattered, Grandpa saluted it and said, "Incoming messages from the Kingdom of Bills!"

In some places people call a letterbox a "mail slot" or a "mailbox," but ours mostly acts like a drama box that screams every time the flap moves.

She pressed her eye to the letterbox of the blue door. The letterbox showed only black. A small hand slid a stamped envelope into the letterbox. She stuck her own hand in, felt paper, and tugged the envelope back through the letterbox. She opened it, beaming—the letterbox had finally held her name.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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