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miniature
[ min-ee-uh-cher, -choor, min-uh-cher ]
noun
- a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
- a greatly reduced or abridged form or copy.
- a very small painting, especially a portrait, on ivory, vellum, or the like.
- the art of executing such a painting.
- an illumination in an illuminated manuscript or book.
adjective
- being, on, or represented on a small scale; reduced.
Synonyms: , , , ,
miniature
/ ˈɪɪʃə /
noun
- a model, copy, or similar representation on a very small scale
- anything that is very small of its kind
- a very small painting, esp a portrait, showing fine detail on ivory or vellum
- a very small bottle of whisky or other spirits, which can hold 50 millilitres
- an illuminated letter or other decoration in a manuscript
- in miniatureon a small scale
games are real life in miniature
adjective
- greatly reduced in size
- on a small scale; minute
Other 51Թ Forms
- p·i··ٳܰ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of miniature1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of miniature1
Idioms and Phrases
- in miniature, in a reduced size; on a small scale:
The zoo exhibition offered a jungle in miniature.
Example Sentences
The vignettes are reminiscent of narrative paintings in India's miniature tradition, where small pictures weave a story.
Muthnick and Kohan were just as sad to see the bit go because it captured in miniature the comedic acrobatics Bomer is called on to perform throughout the show’s first season.
Then, to the dismay of Black activists who used the Games as a platform to protest systemic racism back home, Foreman paraded around the ring waving a miniature American flag.
She lost hundreds of ornaments, and fire swept through a couple dozen miniature Christmas villages that were boxed up for the next holiday season.
“Red Scare” is a tapestry of individual dramas and miniature paranoid thrillers, each defined by the zeal of the age, a few resulting in the actual apprehension of Soviet spies.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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