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PRONUNCIATION OF LETTER CARD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LETTER CARD

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Letter card is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LETTER CARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

letter card

Lettercard

In philately a lettercard or letter card is a postal stationery item consisting of a folded card with a prepaid imprinted stamp. The fact that it is folded over gives the writer twice as much room for the message compared with a postal card. The message is written on the inside and the card is then folded and sealed around the edges. The recipient tears off and discards the perforated selvages to open the card. The lettercard was first conceived by a Hungarian named Akin Karoly and introduced in Belgium in 1882. Private issues were used in Great Britain in 1887. The first official British letter card was issued in 1892. In Newfoundland reply lettercards were introduced in 1912 which included a small reply card. The United States has never issued letter cards. Collectors of letter cards not only have to deal with the varieties of card stock and color, but with the additional variations that come with the perforation of the cards. As with adhesive stamps, a perforation gauge will be a useful tool of the trade. The terms Letter Card or Air Mail Letter Card were sometimes used on aerogrammes prior to 1952, the year that the U.P.U.

Definition of letter card in the English dictionary

The definition of letter card in the dictionary is a card, usually one on which the postage is prepaid, that is sealed by being folded in half so that its gummed edges come into contact with each other. Other definition of letter card is a long card consisting of a number of postcard views, with space for writing a letter on the backs, that is folded like a concertina for posting.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LETTER CARD

letter
letter bomb
letter box
letter of acknowledgement
letter of advice
letter of attorney
letter of credence
letter of credit
letter of intent
letter of introduction
letter of marque
letter of marque and reprisal
letter of request
letter opener
letter paper
letter quality
letter rogatory
letter-high
letter-perfect
letter-quality printing

WORDS THAT END LIKE LETTER CARD

birthday card
business card
card
Christmas card
credit card
debit card
flash card
graphics card
green card
ID card
master card
memory card
play the race card
red card
report card
smart card
store card
trading card
voter registration card
wild card
yellow card

Synonyms and antonyms of letter card in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «letter card» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LETTER CARD

Find out the translation of letter card to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of letter card from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «letter card» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

信卡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tarjeta de letra
570 millions of speakers

English

letter card
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पत्र कार्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بطاقة إلكتروني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

письмо карты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cartão de letra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিঠি কার্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carte de lettre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kad surat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Briefkarte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

手紙カード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

편지 카드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kertu huruf
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thẻ thư
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடிதம் அட்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पत्र पत्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mektup kartı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lettera di carta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Karta list
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лист карти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

carte de scrisoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάρτα -mail
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brief kaart
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brev kort
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brev -kort
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of letter card

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LETTER CARD»

The term «letter card» is regularly used and occupies the 101.977 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LETTER CARD»

Discover the use of letter card in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to letter card and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Annemann's Card Magic
YOU PICKED OUT THE any 10 letter card. YOU SELECTED THE any 11 letter card. YOU TOOK OUT THE any 12 letter card. YOU PICKED THE any 13 letter card. YOU CHOSE THE any 14 letter card. YOU DREW THE any 15 letter card.
Theodore Annemann, 1977
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Reading Assessment Tasks, Grade K
Let's begin. Place the bat picture card on the mat. Say: Bat. Choose the letter that makes the beginning sound in bat. Student responds. Record the student's response on the class checklist. Clear the mat and return the letter card to its group.
Nancy Gist, Becky Dios, 2006
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Building Alphabet Knowledge, Grades PK - K
To Play: Give two to four children the game materials. Have them scatter the picture cards faceup in the center of the playing area. Stack the lowercase letter cards facedown. Let each player draw a letter card and place it in the letter box space ...
Debra Olson Pressnall, 2010
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Phonics Games, Grades PreK-K: Levela: Centers for Up to 6 ...
Look at the letter card. Find the letter on the answer key. 2. See if you matched the letter and the pictures that belong together. Game 6 Answer Key Set A How to Check: 1. Look at one of your sets of cards. Look at the letter card. Find the letter  ...
Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2008
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Gross Motor Fun, Grades PK - 2: A Collection of ...
If a student removes a letter from the bag that does not match the selected letter card, she replaces the letter in the bag and performs the movement back to the line. Continue the relay until all of the letter cards and plastic letters have been ...
Michael C. Abraham, C.A.P.E., 2010
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Getting Ready to Read, eBook: Independent Phonemic Awareness ...
Place the matching target letter card on a flat surface, and place the two position cards below it. Give a child a set of four picture cards with the same target letter. Invite the child to look at a picture card and decide if the target letter appears at ...
Trisha Callella, Teri L. Applebaum, 2002
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Making Your Word Wall More Interactive, eBook
Give each team a bag of letters and a piece of scratch paper. Have players write their name on the paper. Explain that the object of the game is to earn the most points by spelling words. Invite the first player to take one letter card out of the bag.
Cheryl Apgar, 2001
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Early Intervention for Reading Difficulties: The Interactive ...
Practicing Letter Recognition When the children can reliably find instances of the letter with the letter card in view, practice letter recognition without the letter card in view. If a child has dif- ficulty recognizing a letter without the letter card ...
Donna M. Scanlon, Kimberly L. Anderson, 2011
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Reading Foundations: A Structured Program for Teaching ...
Now, as you did before, point to the letter card that has the 'c' on it. Learner: Points to the letter 'c'. Teacher: I will now copy the letter 'c' onto a sheet of paper ( copies letter). Now I will cover up the letter card and fold the paper over so I can't see ...
Jessica Grainger, 2010
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English Language Learners: Vocabulary Building Games & ...
They can also be used to make a variety of memory-matching games, such as: v match uppercase to uppercase letters v match lowercase to lowercase letters v match uppercase to lowercase letters v match a letter card to a picture ...
Karen Seberg, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LETTER CARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term letter card is used in the context of the following news items.
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Yangon Cardinal: Myanmar has a moral duty to resolve the …
139 mass graves of migrants discovered in Malaysia, scattered in 28 fields near the border with Thailand. In a letter Card. Charles Bo recalls ... «AsiaNews.it, May 15»
2
The Vampire Diaries "Because" Review: The Switch-Up (PHOTO …
Now Elena you really shouldn't have played the letter card so early on stupid girl very stupid. I'm intrigued about a human DAMON but if I ... «TV.com, Apr 15»
3
The wartime love affair sealed with 500 letters...some surprisingly …
Reply by ordinary letter card, won't you? Chris. 29 June 1944. Dear Bessie,. I thank you for the yes yes yes acceptance, the honour that you ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
4
Love Ghibli? Here's our pick of 10 souvenir items you should buy …
Paper Craft Letter Card (410 yen [$3.45]). Of all the items we saw at the museum shop, we have to say, this is the item that impressed us the ... «RocketNews24, Feb 15»
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Conducting Postal Ballot in lieu of EGM and Intimation of Specified …
... 2015 as Specified Date for the purpose of sending Postal Ballot Notice, Postal Ballot Form and Business Reply Inland Letter Card/ Envelope ... «Hindu Business Line, Feb 15»
6
Start your own board game collection – our pick of the best titles
The rules fit on the back of a single card and a round takes less than five minutes to play. Love Letter card game. Facebook Twitter Pinterest. «The Guardian, Nov 14»
7
Gallipoli market set to boom next year as ANZAC nostalgia reaches …
Top price paid was $11,700 for an extremely rare Military Letter Card, sent to Private Arthur Page of the Fourth Battalion, AIF. It's claimed in the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 14»
8
Gujarat through stamps
Sorath issued state's first postal stamp in 1864 whereas Rajpipla issued state's first inland letter card in 1875. Rajkot only issued postal ... «Times of India, Oct 14»
9
After four years, LeBron James should have resolved his feelings …
Perhaps Heat president Pat Riley and teammate Dwyane Wade are reminding James of this -- trying to play the Gilbert letter card as a reason ... «The Plain Dealer, Jul 14»
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Postal dept spends ₹7 to print a 50-paise card
The RTI query further found that the cost of a letter card was ₹7.18 per unit whereas the revenue earned from it was ₹2.50. New Delhi, June 19:. «Hindu Business Line, Jun 14»

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