Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drop letter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables
drop let-ter
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A letter mailed at a post office and either kept for general delivery, or delivered to a post office box, at that same post office.

American usage

noun

A large letter at the beginning of a line of text, positioned in a decorative way below the baseline of the rest of the type.

Usage

Inflected Forms

drop letters (plural)

Questions

What does drop letter mean?
A letter mailed at a post office and either kept for general delivery, or delivered to a post office box, at that same post office.

How to pronounce drop letter

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