MINIATURE


Meaning of MINIATURE in English

I. adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

miniature golf

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

golf

I grew up a connoisseur of pavilions and winter gardens and miniature golf courses.

Bill says on the last visit to her Outer Banks cottage, he and Ann played miniature golf and discussed biotechnology.

That's why they had torn down the children's hospital to make room for the miniature golf course.

The Gores and the Clintons played miniature golf .

railway

Other features include a miniature railway .

The Centre's miniature railway was swamped with customers over the whole weekend.

At first glance there appears to be a preponderance of narrow gauge or what I would call miniature railways .

Children will enjoy Lightwater Valley which has, amongst other attractions, a miniature railway grand-prix track and fun rides.

A miniature railway links Eirias Park with the pier - an attractive feature stretching out to sea.

Children will love the adventure playground and miniature railway , picnic sites and woodland walks.

The Headmaster turned towards a row of small carts sitting on a miniature railway track that stretched the length of the corridor.

version

What dreary offices we inhabit, I thought as I allowed my gaze to travel round this miniature version of my own.

Now however, a miniature version of the race riot that Gallagher had predicted exploded on campus.

The family and home was a miniature version of the nation state.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a miniature train

a miniature TV with a 2 inch screen

Next to the beach there's a miniature railway.

The locket contained a miniature portrait of her late husband.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But this attempt to create a miniature Saratoga Springs at Niagara failed.

On top of the cab was a very big circular disc with a grille over it like miniature venetian blinds.

The miniature stainless-steel kitchenette looked as if it had never been cooked in.

The author, once a portrait and miniature painter, now devoted himself to pictorial photography.

There are buttons you can press to set this miniature world in motion.

These girls are not miniature women.

With eyes half closed he could see it as a miniature cannon.

II. noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

portrait miniatures

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Among her prize-winning stock is Bickels Tinker Toy, which she says is one of the smallest miniatures in the world.

But for the vertigo shot alone, a horizontal miniature was built to avoid counter-weighting the heavy VistaVision camera.

For instance, you could create two groups of miniatures in the recesses on either side of a fireplace.

In fact, in many cases, the very size of miniatures makes them more suitable for particular ideas and arrangements.

The building joins miniatures of Hampton Court and Fontainebleau Palace at the museum.

The carcass is small so that cuts appear to be miniatures of beef cuts.

These are complete miniatures of the parents and will soon busily be eating brine shrimp.

We've got a painting of Parsons here somewhere, a miniature done by another member of the club called Peter Lens.

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