Hypernyms for "letter"
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                    A
                    aerogram
                    aerogramme
                    air letter
                    airmail letter
                    aleph
                    alpha
                    ascender
                    ayin
                    B
                    beta
                    beth
                    block capital
                    block letter
                    business letter
                    C
                    chain letter
                    chi
                    consonant
                    cover letter
                    covering letter
                    crank letter
                    D
                    daleth
                    dead letter
                    dead mail
                    delta
                    descender
                    digram
                    digraph
                    double-u
                    E
                    encyclical
                    encyclical letter
                    epistle
                    epsilon
                    eta
                    ex
                    ezed
                    F
                    fan letter
                    form letter
                    G
                    gamma
                    gimel
                    H
                    he
                    heth
                    I
                    initial
                    invitation
                    iota
                    izzard
                    J
                    K
                    kaph
                    kappa
                    khi
                    L
                    lambda
                    lamedh
                    letter of intent
                    m
                    mem
                    mu
                    N
                    nu
                    nun
                    O
                    omega
                    omicron
                    open letter
                    P
                    pastoral
                    pe
                    personal letter
                    phi
                    pi
                    polyphone
                    polyphonic letter
                    psi
                    Q
                    qoph
                    R
                    resh
                    rho
                    round robin
                    s
                    sadhe
                    samekh
                    shin
                    sigma
                    sin
                    T
                    tau
                    taw
                    teth
                    theta
                    U
                    upsilon
                    V
                    vowel
                    W
                    waw
                    wye
                    X
                    xi
                    Y
                    yodh
                    Z
                    zayin
                    zed
                    zee
                    zeta
            
    What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.