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MINIATURE

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• MINIATURE (noun)
The noun MINIATURE has 2 senses:

1. painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
2. copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size

Familiarity information: MINIATURE used as a noun is rare.

• MINIATURE (adjective)
The adjective MINIATURE has 1 sense:

1. being on a very small scale

Familiarity information: MINIATURE used as an adjective is very rare.

• MINIATURE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

miniature; illumination

Hypernyms ("miniature" is a kind of...):

painting; picture (graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface)

Domain category:

Dark Ages; Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

miniature; toy

Hypernyms ("miniature" is a kind of...):

copy (a secondary representation of an original)

• MINIATURE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Being on a very small scale

Context example:

a miniature camera

Similar:

little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

"A cat may look at a king."
(English proverb)
"If you do not sow, you can't reap."
(Albanian proverb)
"A servant who has two masters, lies to one of them."
(Arabic proverb)
"Do not hide your light under a bushel"
(Danish proverb)

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