Meaning of Miniature | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
2. A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
3. A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
4. The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
5. An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
6. A musical composition which is short in duration.
7. A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
8. A token in a game representing a unit or character.
9. Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
10. A particular feature or trait.

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Examples

“There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantelpiece.”

“The twelve days from Christmas to Epiphany are conceived as a miniature of the whole year, the character of each particular day answering to the character of a particular month.”

“The miniature was a picture of Leo's Greek mother - a lovely, dark-eyed creature.”

“Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.”

“Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.”

“There's no miniature / In her fair face, but is a copious theme / Which would, discoursed at large of, make a volume.”

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