Collocations for letter - noun

lengthy, long
brief, short
ten-page, etc.
rambling
countless, numerous
She received countless letters of support while in jail.

occasional
Apart from the occasional letter, they had not been in touch for years.

airmail
registered
handwritten
anonymous
formal, official
business
personal
confidential, private
open, public
The editor published an open letter to the president.

circular
chain
form, standard
sample
accompanying, cover (AmE), covering (BrE), explanatory (esp. BrE)
The conditions are explained in the accompanying letter.
Send your résumé with a cover letter. (AmE)
Send your CV with a covering letter. (BrE)

thank-you
I wrote my uncle a thank-you letter as soon as I opened the present.

congratulatory
warning
acceptance, rejection
I've had ten job interviews and received ten rejection letters.

resignation
suicide
fan
love
intimate
nice
friendly
heartfelt, impassioned
She wrote an impassioned letter to her local newspaper to complain about the new road.

polite
apologetic
angry, strong, strongly worded, threatening
indignant
critical
poison pen
He had been sending poison pen letters to people at work.

draft, write
She drafted an angry letter to the newspaper.

read
get, have, receive
I haven't had a letter from her for months.

mail (AmE), post (BrE), send
email
fax
deliver
forward
The letter was forwarded from my old address.

seal
open
acknowledge, answer, reply to, respond to
I was angry that they didn't even acknowledge my letter.

address
The letter was addressed to me.

sign
publish
The newspaper refused to publish the letter.

edit
We reserve the right to cut or edit letters.

arrive, come, reach sb
I hope my last letter has reached you.

be dated …
The letter is dated July 7.

cross
Our letters crossed.

be lost
announce sth, ask (sb) sth, explain sth, say sth, state sth, tell sb sth
She wrote him a letter saying that she was not coming back.

begin, start, start off
The letter started off by thanking us for our offer.

continue, go on
His letter went on to give reasons for his refusal to take part.

conclude, end
The letter concluded with a threat of possible legal action.

contain sth
The letter contained information that only the killer could know.

enclose sth
The charity received an anonymous letter enclosing a large donation.

appear
A letter headed ‘Advertising Mania’ appeared in the paper.

writer, writing
George Bernard Shaw was a prolific letter writer.

carrier (AmE) (postman/postwoman in BrE)
box (BrE)
A card dropped through the letter box.
There's a letter box on the corner of the street.

opener (esp. AmE)
bomb (mail bomb in AmE)

by letter
Please reply by letter.

in a/the letter
In your letter of June 5 …

letter about, letter concerning, letter regarding
letter from, letter to
a letter to the editor

letter of
a letter of application/apology

big, large
block, capital, upper-case
Fill in the form in block letters.

lower-case, small
bold
initial
The company's name is made from the initial letters of his children's names.

double
Words with double letters, such as ‘accommodate’, are commonly misspelled.

silent
words such as ‘debt’ and ‘half’, which contain silent letters

in … letters
His name was written in large white letters over the doorway.

the letters of the alphabet