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Letterboxing

To transfer a widescreen motion picture to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, with the placing of black bars above and below the picture area.

📖 Definitions of "Letterboxing"

verb
  1. 1

    To transfer a widescreen motion picture to home video formats while preserving the original aspect ratio, with the placing of black bars above and below the picture area.

  2. 2

    To hunt for letterboxes (containers with logbook and rubber stamp) by following clues.

noun
  1. 1

    A hobby in which participants attempt to locate small boxes containing rubber stamps by following clues.

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