LETTERBOXED


Meaning of LETTERBOXED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈle-tər-ˌbäkst ]

adjective

also let·ter·box -ˌbäks

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

Date: 1989

of a video recording : formatted so as to display the full rectangular frame of a wide-screen motion picture

• let·ter·box·ing -ˌbäk-siŋ noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.