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letterbox definition

let·ter·box (let′ər bäks′)

noun

a format for presenting films in video form, that preserves the widescreen image by means of dark bands above and below the image

adjective

telecast or recorded for playback using such a format
also letterboxed let′·ter·boxed′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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