letter
le ter
- n a written message addressed to a person or organization
mailed an indignant letter to the editor - n the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
his grandmother taught him his letters - n owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
- n a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
he followed instructions to the letter
he obeyed the letter of the law - n an award earned by participation in a school sport
he won letters in three sports - v win an athletic letter
- v set down or print with letters
- v mark letters on or mark with letters
- A PTI cover story on an explosive letter to the head of the FBI, Minneapolis agent Coleen Rowley acuses the agency of obstructing information that may have prevented Sept.
- The package contained a letter from President Bush to Saddam Hussein conveying in stark terms Washington's determination to see Iraq leave Kuwait.
- If this letter changes the course of events for these newborns, then perhaps our lives will have served a higher purpose.