Miniature

Noun

 * 1) A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
 * There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece.
 * 1) A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
 * 2) The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
 * 3) An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
 * 4) A musical composition which is short in duration.
 * Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.
 * 1)  A token in a game representing a unit or character.
 * Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleanic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.

Adjective

 * 1) Smaller than normal.
 * I find miniature dogs annoying; they seem to yap more than full-size dogs.

Derived terms

 * miniature poodle
 * miniaturism

Adverbs for Miniature
delicately; curiously; fragilely; incredibly; valuably; exceptionally; uncommonly; exotically; quaintly; fantastically; fashionably; modishly; pricelessly; expensively; exquisitely; matchlessly; incomparably.

Thesaurus
Elzevir, Lilliputian, abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, baby, baby-sized, bantam, banty, block print, collage, color print, compact, companion, copy, cursory, cyclorama, daub, dead ringer, depthless, diminutive, diptych, doll, double, duodecimo, duplicate, dwarf, effigy, engraving, exact likeness, fellow, few, footling, fresco, handy, head, icon, idol, illumination, illustration, image, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, itty-bitty, likeness, lilliputian, little, living image, living picture, low, match, mate, meager, micro, microcosm, microscopic, midget, mini, miniaturized, minikin, minimal, minny, minuscule, minute, mirroring, model, montage, mosaic, mural, negligible, no great shakes, panorama, petty, photograph, picayune, picayunish, picture, pocket, pocket edition, pocket-sized, pony, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, print, profile, puppet, pygmy, reflection, representation, reproduction, resemblance, rubbing, semblance, shadow, shallow, short, silhouette, similitude, simulacrum, skin-deep, small, small-scale, spit and image, spitting image, stained glass window, stencil, still life, subminiature, superficial, tableau, tapestry, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, toy, trace, tracing, trifling, triptych, trivial, twelvemo, twin, very image, very picture, vest-pocket, wall painting, wee, weeny

Etymology
From the miniatura (manuscript illumination), from miniare (to illuminate), from the  miniāre (to colour red), from minium (''red lead).



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Derived terms

 * miniaturist

Adjective

 * Hebrew: הקטנה

Noun
miniature



Anagrams

 * minuteria
 * ruminiate