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dwarf

dwarf

38 7.1
A small often bearded creature that lives underground and guards hidden treasure
  • noun
  • /dwɔrf/
  • Literature
translation icon : enano
  • In the story, the dwarf bravely guarded the treasure deep within the mountain.
  • dwarfs and giants

Now the other lip thing that I got is the Seven Dwarfs mini lipstick set.

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Examples

  • Wulfgar eyed the outrageous dwarf curiously, not quite sure what to make of this unorthodox battlerager.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I decided to take a stroll along the deck while I waited for the dwarf to reemerge.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • We appear to be one Dwarf short.

  • "Spent lots of time on the road beside the likes of us," the dwarf decided.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I thought of him often, the evil dwarf from the fairy tale.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Well, which one of the seven dwarfs can explain to me how you get the audio?

  • "Are the baiters ready?" asked the dwarf in charge of the toy brigade.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Handmade by dwarfs in the Black Forest.

  • "I knew it!" the red-bearded dwarf proclaimed, spinning up and turning away from the dismantled chest.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • "Thibbledorf Pwent at yer service, me good lady!" the dwarf introduced himself grandly.

    Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

gnome
vsdwarf
  • Literature
30 8.2

A small, old creature like a man that lives underground and guards treasure

emphasizes frequent beard as a common visual trait

Antonyms

giant
  • Literature
153 2.3

A very large imaginary person in stories

Compounds

white dwarf
  • Specialized
5 7.5

A small, very dense star that remains after a star uses its fuel and glows with leftover heat

red dwarf
  • Specialized
3 6.4

A small star that is cooler, much dimmer, and lives a very long time

red dwarf star
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A small, cool star that shines red and lives for a very long time

white dwarf star
  • Specialized
1 5.9

A small, very dense, faint star left when a star like the Sun stops burning its fuel

A low evergreen plant with fine leaves and small pink or burgundy flowers used as ground cover

A small banana tree that grows near the ground and makes sweet yellow fruit

A low bush with pink flowers that has sweet blue berries

A low bush that has small sweet blue berries

9.5

A small spreading shrub from the southeastern United States with bright pink flower clusters

A small buffalo from Sulawesi with short straight horns

A small plant with hairy leaves that makes sweet yellow fruits

A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that makes small edible nuts

dwarf chinkapin oak
  • Specialized
9.0

A small bushy tree that makes sweet edible nuts and often grows in dense groups

dwarf chinquapin oak
  • Specialized
8.8

A small bushy oak tree that makes sweet small acorns and forms dense thickets

dwarf cornel
  • Specialized
9.9

A low-growing plant with groups of leaves and bright red berries that grows in cold northern areas

dwarf daisy
  • Specialized
7.5

A small plant with soft, hairy leaves and tiny yellow flowers that lives for one year

dwarf dandelion
  • Specialized
9.8

A small wild plant with yellow flowers that makes fluffy seed heads in spring

9.4

A small wild plant with strong-smelling white flowers and black berries used in medicine

9.5

A low, spreading plant with thin needle leaves and pink or white flowers used to cover the ground

dwarf pipefish
  • Specialized
9.9

A small thin fish about 10 cm long that lives in shallow coastal waters

dwarf pocket rat
  • Specialized
9.9

A small animal like a mouse with soft fur and pouches in its cheeks

A small bush with pink or red flowers that blooms in spring

dwarf sperm whale
  • Specialized
7.7

A very small sperm whale that lives in warm and cool seas and grows to about 8 feet long

dwarf spurge
  • Specialized
9.9

A small annual weed with tiny leaves that spreads on the ground

dwarf sumac
  • Specialized
8.1

A low bush from eastern North America with divided leaves and clusters of red berries that attract birds

dwarf tulip
  • Specialized
4.0

A small flower that blooms early and stays low in the garden

dwarf willow
  • Specialized
7.3

A very small willow plant that grows low on cold mountains and in Arctic places

dwarf elm
  • Specialized
5.8

A small Asian tree with many branches and small leaves that grows quickly and makes a good windbreak in gardens

A small decorative bush from China with many pink, red, or white flowers

9.9

A small evergreen shrub like the golden chinkapin that grows on mountain slopes in California

dwarf gray willow
  • Specialized
9.6

A small willow bush in the eastern United States with long narrow leaves that are gray and hairy underneath

9.9

A small plant in the western United States that grows every year and has yellow daisy-like flowers on rocky slopes

6.3

A low-growing iris plant with small, colorful flowers

A low spreading shrub with evergreen leaves often used as ground cover

9.9

A small low plant that grows in clumps and forms loose mats on the ground in eastern North America

6.5

A small maple tree with short height and bright autumn leaves

A small bushy pine from central Europe with short bright green needles in pairs

A low plant that spreads along the ground and makes small orange berries

A small European plant with tiny yellow flowers that grows in grasslands

7.6

A small bushy oak that grows in dense groups and makes sweet nuts

dwarf-white trillium
  • Specialized
9.5

A low plant with white flowers that lives for many years in the southeastern United States

A small shrub with low, spreading branches that grows in cold northern regions

Levi-Lorrain dwarf
  • Specialized
9.9

A person with very short height caused by not enough growth hormone rather than by a bone growth condition

hypophysial dwarf
  • Specialized
9.9

A person much shorter than usual because a small part of the brain makes too little growth hormone

hypoplastic dwarf
  • Specialized
9.9

A person much shorter than average because their bones do not grow fully but with normal mind and body shape

9.9

A small birch that grows as a low shrub in cold parts of North America and Greenland

normal dwarf
  • Archaic
8.3

A person much shorter than average from a gene change, with usual body shape, thinking, and sexual growth

primordial dwarf
  • Specialized
9.9

A person who is much smaller than normal due to a rare genetic condition, with normal mental and sexual development

onion yellow dwarf
  • Specialized
7.4

A virus that makes onion plants small and their leaves turn yellow

6.2

A virus that makes onion plants grow poorly and their leaves turn yellow

pituitary dwarf
  • Specialized
8.7

A person who is much shorter than usual because their body makes too little growth hormone, with normal body proportions

potato yellow dwarf
  • Specialized
5.6

A disease of potato plants that makes leaves yellow and plants small

6.1

A germ that makes potato plants small and their leaves turn yellow

Tasman dwarf pine
  • Australian
9.5

A small evergreen shrub with short stiff branches that grows in Tasmania

true dwarf
  • Archaic
9.8

A person who is very short because of a gene problem but with normal body shape and mind

yellow dwarf
  • Specialized
8.7

A plant virus that makes leaves turn yellow and plants stay small

7.0

A disease of potato plants that makes leaves turn yellow and plants grow poorly

How Small

pixie
  • Literature
33 8.4
fairy
  • Literature
417 2.7
elf
  • Literature
99 6.1
dwarf
  • Literature
38 7.1
troll
  • Literature
99 8.2
giant
  • Literature
153 2.3

Surface Forms

dwarf singular
dwarfs plural
dwarves plural

Etymology

Dwarf comes from an old German word for a small mythical being, like the Norse dvergr. Because these beings were often pictured as bearded people who lived underground and guarded treasure, dwarf still means that kind of small creature in stories.