"nonletter" meaning in English

See nonletter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: nonletters [plural]
Etymology: non- + letter Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|letter}} non- + letter Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonletter (plural nonletters)
  1. That which is not a letter (alphabetic symbol).
    Sense id: en-nonletter-en-noun-H9yJxefp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 56 44
  2. That which is not a letter (written message to be delivered).
    Sense id: en-nonletter-en-noun-e7IFvJ6A

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for nonletter meaning in English (1.0kB)

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