miniature
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈmɪnɪtʃʊr/
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miniatura
- She displayed a miniature version of the Eiffel Tower on her desk to remind her of Paris.
- world in miniature
If you shoot them with a long lens with a shallow depth of field, you're only going to succeed in making your miniatures look more miniature.
- If you shoot them with a long lens with a shallow depth of field, you're only going to succeed in making your miniatures look more miniature.
Examples
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We snaked up a little gully that was like a miniature of the canyons below.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's a miniature of the island.
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Oh, I do hope you will let me make a miniature of you.
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You must admit that it's difficult to judge your future husband from an old miniature like this.
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At three, it was a miniature in complete detail, a tiny version of a perfect thing.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's like a little miniature electric lightning flash.
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Another image that I rendered is a miniature of a Cornell box.
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I looked at his collection of Egyptian miniatures on the desk.
Fiction book (1997) -
At the end stood a bright red Shinto gate, miniature in size, pressed tightly between two houses.
Fiction book (1997) -
But my aspirations were never fulfilled, and my miniature-building skills languished.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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3.5
A small version of an item made smaller than the normal size
A small copy of something, like a toy or model
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small tropical plant with fan-shaped leaves, thin stems, and loose fibers at the leaf bases
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
A miniature originally meant a tiny painted picture, but the idea grew to mean any small copy or model, like a small toy car or a small statue. So a miniature is a 'very small copy' of something bigger.