Miniature
21miniature — /min ee euh cheuhr, choor , min euh cheuhr/, n. 1. a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale. 2. a greatly reduced or abridged form or copy. 3. a very small painting, esp. a portrait, on ivory, vellum, or the like. 4. the …
22miniature — 1 adjective miniature camera/railway/garden etc a camera etc that is much smaller than a normal one 2 noun 1 in miniature exactly like something or someone but much smaller: She s her mother in miniature. 2 (C) a very small painting, usually of a …
23miniature — [ˈmɪnətʃə] adj I much smaller than things of the same kind a miniature railway[/ex] II noun [C] miniature [ˈmɪnətʃə] a very small painting or photograph • in miniature the same in appearance as someone or something else but much smaller[/ex] …
24miniature — min•i•a•ture [[t]ˈmɪn i ə tʃər, ˌtʃʊər, ˈmɪn ə tʃər[/t]] n. 1) a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale 2) something small of its class or kind 3) fia a very small painting, esp. a portrait, on ivory, vellum, or the like …
25miniature — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 much smaller than normal. 2 represented on a small scale. n. 1 any object reduced in size. 2 a small scale minutely finished portrait. 3 this branch of painting (portrait in miniature). 4 a picture or decorated letters in an …
26miniature — n. in miniature * * * [ mɪnɪ(ə)tʃə] in miniature …
27miniature — [16] ‘Smallness’ is a purely secondary semantic development as far as miniature is concerned, inspired by its accidental similarity to the min element of words like minimum and minute. It in fact comes ultimately from Latin minium ‘red lead’. Red …
28miniature — {{11}}miniature (adj.) small, 1714, from MINATURE (Cf. minature) (n.). Of dog breeds, from 1889. Of golf, from 1893. {{12}}miniature (n.) 1580s, a reduced image, from It. miniatura manuscript illumination or small picture, from pp. of miniare to… …
29miniature — [16] ‘Smallness’ is a purely secondary semantic development as far as miniature is concerned, inspired by its accidental similarity to the min element of words like minimum and minute. It in fact comes ultimately from Latin minium ‘red lead’. Red …
30miniature — adj. Miniature is used with these nouns: ↑camera, ↑golf, ↑keyboard, ↑painter, ↑painting, ↑railway, ↑replica, ↑submarine, ↑version …
