small letter

1. 1.

   the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

   Synonymslowercaselower-case letterminuscule

   Broadercharacter

Questions about small letter

What does small letter mean?

small letter means "the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case".

What is another word for small letter?

Close synonyms include lowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.