thumbnail

[ thuhm-neyl ]

/ ˈθʌmˌneɪl /

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noun

the nail of the thumb.

anything quite small or brief, as a small drawing or short essay.

Printing. a small, rough dummy.

Also called porkchop. Journalism, Printing. a half-column portrait in a newspaper.

adjective

quite small or brief; concise: a thumbnail description of Corsica.

verb (used with object)

to make a thumbnail sketch or description of.

Origin of thumbnail

First recorded in 1595–1605; thumb + nail

Words nearby thumbnail

thumb glass, thumbhole, thumb index, thumbkin, thumb knot, thumbnail, thumbnail sketch, thumbnut, thumb one's nose, thumb piano, thumbpiece

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Example sentences from the Web for thumbnail

The project made me ask, how do you avoid reducing the dead to thumbnail profiles?
The Best 9/11 Books|The Browser|September 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And now, around it, he could see a monstrous fingertip and something that might have been miles of thumbnail.
The Sky Is Falling|Lester del Rey
I picked at it with the thumbnail and the nail caught something hard.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith
Well, give me in a thumbnail sketch, something about Mr. Jitkoff's background.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Wonder if I shall ever be able to make a thumbnail literary study thereof,—with philosophical reflections.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2|Elizabeth Bisland
Pleasant pantomimed with a thumbnail crooked on the outer edge of each eye-socket.
In Happy Valley|John Fox

British Dictionary definitions for thumbnail

thumbnail

/ (ˈθʌmˌneɪl) /

noun

the nail of the thumb

(modifier) concise and briefa thumbnail sketch

computing a small image which can be expanded

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单词	thumbnail
释义	thumbnail [ thuhm-neyl ] / ˈθʌmˌneɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR thumbnail ON THESAURUS.COM noun the nail of the thumb. anything quite small or brief, as a small drawing or short essay. Printing. a small, rough dummy. Also called porkchop. Journalism, Printing. a half-column portrait in a newspaper. adjective quite small or brief; concise: a thumbnail description of Corsica. verb (used with object) to make a thumbnail sketch or description of. Origin of thumbnail First recorded in 1595–1605; thumb + nail Words nearby thumbnail thumb glass, thumbhole, thumb index, thumbkin, thumb knot, thumbnail, thumbnail sketch, thumbnut, thumb one's nose, thumb piano, thumbpiece Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thumbnail The project made me ask, how do you avoid reducing the dead to thumbnail profiles? The Best 9/11 Books\|The Browser\|September 9, 2011\|DAILY BEAST And now, around it, he could see a monstrous fingertip and something that might have been miles of thumbnail. The Sky Is Falling\|Lester del Rey I picked at it with the thumbnail and the nail caught something hard. Highways in Hiding\|George Oliver Smith Well, give me in a thumbnail sketch, something about Mr. Jitkoff's background. Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)\|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Wonder if I shall ever be able to make a thumbnail literary study thereof,—with philosophical reflections. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2\|Elizabeth Bisland Pleasant pantomimed with a thumbnail crooked on the outer edge of each eye-socket. In Happy Valley\|John Fox British Dictionary definitions for thumbnail thumbnail / (ˈθʌmˌneɪl) / noun the nail of the thumb (modifier) concise and briefa thumbnail sketch computing a small image which can be expanded Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to thumbnail compact, short, brief, summary, concise, epigrammatic, short and sweet, succinct, abbreviated, abridged, contracted, curtailed, to the point, truncated
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thumbnail

noun

adjective

verb (used with object)

Origin of thumbnail

Words nearby thumbnail

Example sentences from the Web for thumbnail

British Dictionary definitions for thumbnail

noun

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