A symbol in an alphabet.
There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (often contrasted with the spirit).
(plural) Literature.
Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.
A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm).
A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
(scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).
One who lets, or lets out.
a blood-letter
One who retards or hinders.
Literature (school subject).
Rickert was the first woman (and second individual) to be awarded a Ph.D. in English letters and philology with that academic honor at the University of Chicago.
The liberal arts, humanities, learning (broad accumulated cultural knowledge).
Though architecture in ancient Rome was not generally considered to belong to the artes liberales, Vitruvius easily qualified as a man of letters because of his wide learning.
An identifying initial of the academic institution that is awarded to a member of a varsity team. It is made from structured cloth, and intended to be sewn to a piece of clothing such as a varsity sweater or varsity jacket.