Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. A letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae.
WordNet
n. a letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information [syn: covering letter]
Wikipedia
A cover letter, covering letter, motivation letter, motivational letter or a letter of motivation is a letter of introduction attached to, or accompanying another document such as a résumé or curriculum vitae.
Usage examples of "cover letter".
Ignoring the cover letter, he tore the ribbon from the bundle and began to scan the pages.
She picked up, accepting what time had dealt her after forty-two years up the cover letter and read.
His cover letter to those commanders suggested that they be wary as well, since he had discovered large numbers of Hamorian-forged weapons, and that as the commander of the port detachment he had heard reports from numerous captains that weapons were being shipped to Jera.
I'll have a cover letter waiting for him on the plane to give to the prime minister.
But the University of Washington not only accepted her, it offered her a modest scholarship, which, by means of a Society-authored cover letter, got inflated into a major honor -- the kind only awarded to the most exceptional candidates.
Along with a cover letter directing that the file in question be sent to Kevin Usher's personal attention should anything.
Along with a cover letter directing that the file in question be sent to Kevin Usher's personal attention should anything .