miniatureadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈmɪn.ə.tʃər/us/ˈmɪn.i.ə.tʃɚ/C2 used to describe something that is a very small copy of an object:
I bought some miniature furniture for my niece's doll's house.
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Extremely small
- atomized
- be knee-high to a grasshopper idiom
- fractional
- infinitesimal
- irreducible
- knee-high
- Lilliputian
- micro
- microscopic
- minuscule
- minute 1
- nano-
- slim
- subatomic
- tiddly
- tiny
- titchy
- vanishingly
- weeny
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miniaturenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmɪn.ə.tʃər/us/ˈmɪn.i.ə.tʃɚ/miniature noun [ C ] (PAINTING)
a very small painting, usually of a person
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Pictures
- -scape
- abstract
- aquatint
- canvas
- caricature
- cartoon
- graphics
- halo
- identikit
- illustration
- infographic
- pencil
- poster
- rough
- seascape
- self-portrait
- shade
- sketch
- speech bubble
- stencil
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miniature noun [ C ] (ALCOHOLIC DRINK)
a very small bottle of alcoholic drink
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Containers for liquids and gases
- aerosol
- amphora
- barrel
- bottle
- bucket
- canister
- flask
- inkwell
- jar
- jeroboam
- jerrycan
- jug
- keg
- oilcan
- pitcher
- vase
- vat
- vial
- water bottle
- water tank
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in miniature
C2 smaller than usual:
The model railway has all the buildings, bridges, and trees in miniature.
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Small
- baby
- bijou
- bite-sized
- claustrophobic
- compact
- diminutive
- dinky
- elfin
- modest
- petite
- pint-sized
- pocket handkerchief
- pocket-sized
- poky
- portable
- pygmy
- side
- skimpy
- undersized
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