LETTERBOXED


Meaning of LETTERBOXED in English

ˈ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective

also let·ter·box ˈ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷

Etymology: perhaps from the resemblance of the resulting image on the TV screen or the bands above and below the image to slots in a mailbox

of a video recording : formatted so as to display the full rectangular frame of a wide-screen motion picture — compare pan-and-scan herein

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.