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Meaning of miniature

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

miniature

Pronunciation:/ˈmɪn(ɪ)ətʃə(ɹ)//ˈmɪn(i)ətʃəɹ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

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

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

  3. A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.

  4. The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.

verb

Definitions

  1. To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Smaller than normal.

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