"letterhead" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: letterheads [plural]
Etymology: letter + head Etymology templates: {{compound|en|letter|head}} letter + head Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} letterhead (countable and uncountable, plural letterheads)
  1. A portion of text at the top of a letter, identifying the sender and often giving their address etc., used for formal correspondence. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Post
    Sense id: en-letterhead-en-noun-KFkrLlYp Disambiguation of Post: 81 19
  2. Paper marked with a letterhead. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Translations): բլանկ (blank) (Armenian), briefhoofd [neuter] (Dutch), yläotsake (Finnish), en-tète [masculine] (French), Briefkopf [masculine] (German), levélfejléc (Hungarian), levélpapírfejléc (Hungarian), fejléc (Hungarian), cégjelzés (Hungarian), intestazione [feminine] (Italian), kepala surat (Malay), antet [neuter] (Romanian), фи́рменный бланк (fírmennyj blank) [masculine] (Russian), за́гла̄вље пи́сма [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), memorandum [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), záglāvlje písma [Latin, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), membrete [masculine] (Spanish), brevhuvud [neuter] (Swedish), ulunliham (Tagalog), membrete (Tagalog), antet (Turkish), başlık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-letterhead-en-noun-hEeyctIX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: masthead

Inflected forms

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