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miniature
has definitions from the field of fine art
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[ noun ] (fine art) painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
Synonyms Used in print (Jay Williams, The Forger....)George did wonderful complicated pen-and-ink drawings like something out of a medieval miniature : hundreds of delicate details crammed into an eight by ten sheet and looking as if they had been done under a jeweler's_glass . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] being on a very small scale
Examples "a miniature camera" Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)And his eyes - those miniature sundials of variegated yellow - had not altered their expression or direction . Related terms |
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[ noun ] copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size
Synonyms Used in print (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)The ghetto , a miniature of Warsaw 's , was emptied into the camp in the Majdan-Tartarski suburb called Majdanek . Related terms |
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