Definitions for lettering

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lettering let·ter·ing

Spelling: [let-er-ing]

IPA: /ˈlɛt ər ɪŋ/

Lettering is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 281 anagrams from letters in lettering (eegilnrtt).

Definitions for lettering

noun

1. the act or process of inscribing with or making letters.
2. the letters in an inscription; calligraphy.
3. a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
4. a symbol or character that is conventionally used in writing and printing to represent a speech sound and that is part of an alphabet.
5. a piece of printing type bearing such a symbol or character.
6. a particular style of type.
7. such types collectively.
8. Often, letters. a formal document granting a right or privilege.
9. actual terms or wording; literal meaning, as distinct from implied meaning or intent (opposed to spirit):
10. letters, (used with a singular or plural verb) literature in general. the profession of literature. learning; knowledge, especially of literature.
11. an emblem consisting of the initial or monogram of a school, awarded to a student for extracurricular activity, especially in athletics.

Idioms

1. to the letter, to the last particular; precisely:

verb (used with object)

1. to mark or write with letters; inscribe.

verb (used without object)

1. to earn a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport:

Origin of lettering

First recorded in 1635-45; letter¹ + -ing¹

Examples for lettering

A word should never be divided or hyphenated in lettering, when it can be avoided.

There was lettering, too, upon the undermost side when the man turned it over.

But among reams of waterlogged documents, troops wading in water four feet deep spotted Hebrew lettering among the Arabic.

Vineberg stood before the bench in a black winter coat with lettering on the back that mystified the unhip.

A practical purpose to which lettering is often put is the marking of linen.

As to paper, Bristol-board has the best smooth surface for lettering.

He assumes that the lettering which borders the bodice in this drawing—ALS.

One sort has in place of the Greek lettering an Aramean inscription.

Vera did that lettering on one of her sheets in about five minutes.

Much to his satisfaction, he saw that there was some lettering on the back of the sign.