letter

A written sign, such as a, b, or c, used to form words.

• Write the first letter of your name.
• This word has six letters.
• Is that a capital letter?

Similar words: character

Common phrases: capital letter, letter of something

A written message that you send to someone, often on paper.

• I got a letter today.
• She sent her brother a long letter.
• Have you read the letters from your grandmother?

How to use it: letter to someone (I wrote a letter to my cousin.); letter from someone (There is a letter from the school.)

Similar words: bookstaff, ltr

Common phrases: write a letter, letter to someone

Literature and the activity of writing it, usually expressed with the plural form.

• She devoted her life to letters.
• He was respected as a man of letters.
• The university honored her contribution to letters.

Similar words: literature

Common phrases: letter and science, letter and art

A person who allows someone to use a room or property in return for payment.

• The letter of the room collected the rent.
• She earned money as a letter of lodgings.
• The tenant negotiated with the letter of the house.

Similar words: landlord, lessor

Opposites: tenant

Common phrases: letter of rooms, letter of property