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# miniature

adjective (miniature); noun (a miniature, miniatures)

«miniature» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Miniature means very small, a much smaller copy of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miniature/#m1)
2. A miniature is a tiny model or a very small painting, often of a person's face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miniature/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths and design, a miniature model is made to scale, for example 1:100. In everyday life there are miniature trains, dollhouses, miniature ponies and dog breeds. Phrases: "in miniature", "miniature railway", "miniature schnauzer".

### Examples

- We rode on a miniature railway at the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miniature/#x1)
- My dollhouse has miniature furniture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miniature/#x2)
- A Shetland pony looks like a miniature horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miniature/#x3)
- She painted a miniature of her grandmother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miniature/#x4)
- The model village is London in miniature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miniature/#x5)
- Miniature golf is a fun game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miniature/#x6)
- This man seeks the fresh sea breeze, while that one climbs the lofty mountain-top, to look down upon the busy life in miniature beneath him." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miniature/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced MIN-uh-chur or MIN-ee-uh-chur. Spelled with an "a" in the middle: mini-a-ture. Similar: tiny, mini, small-scale.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «miniature» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miniature/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«miniature» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/miniature.html) on Mova free.