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miniatures

noun

Meaning

  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.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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