Miniature (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  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, especially a portrait, on ivory, vellum, or the like.
  4. the art of executing such a painting.
  5. an illumination in an illuminated manuscript or book.
adjective
  1. being, on, or represented on a small scale; reduced.
Idioms
  1. in a reduced size; on a small scale: The zoo exhibition offered a jungle in miniature.
noun
  1. a model, copy, or similar representation on a very small scale
  2. anything that is very small of its kind
  3. a very small painting, esp a portrait, showing fine detail on ivory or vellum
  4. a very small bottle of whisky or other spirits, which can hold 50 millilitres
  5. an illuminated letter or other decoration in a manuscript
  6. on a small scale
adjective
  1. greatly reduced in size
  2. on a small scale; minute
Miniature (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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