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Miniature

/ˈmɪn(ɪ)ətʃə(ɹ)/

Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

📖 Definitions of "Miniature"

noun
  1. 1

    Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

  2. 2

    A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.

    "There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece."

  3. 3

    A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.

  4. 4

    The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.

verb
  1. 1

    To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.

adjective
  1. 1

    Smaller than normal.

    "I find miniature dogs annoying; they seem to yap more than full-size dogs."

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