LOVE LETTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does love letter mean? 

• LOVE LETTER (noun)
  The noun LOVE LETTER has 1 sense:

1. a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection

  Familiarity information: LOVE LETTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOVE LETTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A personal letter to a loved one expressing affection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

billet doux; love letter

Hypernyms ("love letter" is a kind of...):

personal letter (a letter dealing with personal affairs)

 Context examples 

I made sure of its being nothing but a common love letter, and you know young people like to be laughed at about them.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

He writes in a different way entirely, telling me that he never sent any love letter at all, and is very sorry that my roguish sister, Jo, should take liberties with our names.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The old gentleman liked the fun, and amused himself by sending odd bundles, mysterious messages, and funny telegrams, and his gardener, who was smitten with Hannah's charms, actually sent a love letter to Jo's care.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)