statuette

Examples

• All

• The artist displayed a small statuette of a lion at the gallery.

• Photo: Made of fired loess, this four-and-a-half-inch statuette of a woman, possibly pregnant, is from Moravia.

  Academic text (1994)

• Using both hands, he carefully lifted a crystal statuette from its interior.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The ornament is a statuette... a black figure of a bird.

  The Maltese Falcon (1941)

• "I thought you would want your statuette back," she said softly.

  Fiction book (2001)

• I looked over at my front door where the crate of statuettes was sitting.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The three idol statuettes are the most interesting pieces in the group.

  Academic text (2003)

• Each year, winners of the National Magazine Award are presented with copper statuettes in the image of that majestic mammal.

• Photo (color): Sir Arthur Evans discovered this foot-tall faience statuette at Knossos in the early 20th century.

  Academic text (2010)

• Along with some recently acquired archaeological finds from Nigeria, this Egyptian statuette testifies to the antiquity of Africa's civilizations.

  Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

F

figurine

vsstatuette

37 5.3

A small model of a person, animal, or mythical character made of clay, metal, plastic

includes models of objects as well as people or animals

How Big

colossus

2 6.7

monument

160 3.4

statue

381 1.0

statuette

9 5.4

figurine

37 5.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology