n.
1.a written message addressed to a person or organization
2.the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
3.a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
4.an award earned by participation in a school sport
5.owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire letter v.
1.win an athletic letter
2.set down or print with letters
3.mark letters on or mark with letters
Idiom of the Day
jump the track
to jump off the rails (usually used for a train), to change suddenly from one thing to another
The train jumped the track near the edge of the town. The whole project jumped the track and we had to stop it.