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miniature

/ˈmɪn(ɪ)ətʃə(ɹ)/
noun

  1. Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

  2. A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.

    "There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece."

  3. A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.

verb

  1. To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.

adjective

  1. Smaller than normal.

    "I find miniature dogs annoying; they seem to yap more than full-size dogs."

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