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Definition of miniature noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

miniature

noun
 
/ˈmɪnətʃə(r)/
 
/ˈmɪnətʃər/,
 
/ˈmɪnətʃʊr/
Idioms
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  1. a very small detailed painting, often of a person
  2. a very small copy or model of something; a very small version of something
    • brandy miniatures (= very small bottles)
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Italian miniatura, via medieval Latin from Latin miniare ‘illuminate’, from minium ‘red lead, vermilion’ (used to mark particular words in manuscripts).
Idioms
in miniature
  1. on a very small scale
    • a doll’s house with everything in miniature
    • Through play, children act out in miniature the dramas of adult life.
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