letter, n.
(letters)
freq. cnt. 72
(letters)
freq. cnt. 72
a written message addressed to a person or organization
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 66 freq. cnt.: 65 freq. cnt.: 1
letter missive
sample sentences
"mailed an indignant letter to the editor"
semantic pointers
hypernym
part holonym
hyponym
business letter
covering letter, cover letter
crank letter
encyclical, encyclical letter
fan letter
personal letter
form letter
open letter
chain letter
pastoral
round robin
airmail letter, air letter, aerogram, aerogramme
epistle
dead letter, dead mail
letter of intent
invitation
part meronym
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1
alphabetic character letter letter of the alphabet
sample sentences
"his grandmother taught him his letters"
semantic pointers
part holonym
member holonym
hypernym
hyponym
ascender
descender
digraph, digram
initial
A, a
B, b
C, c
D, d
E, e
F, f
G, g
H, h
I, i
J, j
K, k
L, l
M, m
N, n
O, o
P, p
Q, q
R, r
S, s
T, t
U, u
V, v
W, w, double-u
X, x, ex
Y, y, wye
Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard
alpha
beta
gamma
delta
epsilon
zeta
eta
theta
iota
kappa
lambda
mu
nu
xi
omicron
pi
rho
sigma
tau
upsilon
phi
chi, khi
psi
omega
aleph
beth
gimel
daleth
he
waw
zayin
heth
teth
yodh
kaph
lamedh
mem
nun
samekh
ayin
pe
sadhe
qoph
resh
sin
shin
taw
polyphone, polyphonic letter
block capital, block letter
vowel
consonant
an award earned by participation in a school sport
<noun.communication>
letter varsity letter
sample sentences
"he won letters in three sports"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
<noun.communication>
letter
sample sentences
"he followed instructions to the letter""he obeyed the letter of the law"
semantic pointers
hypernym
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
<noun.person>
letter
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym