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Definition of miniature : 1. A particular feature or trait.
2. Being on a small; much reduced from the reality; as, a miniature copy.
3. Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
4. Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
5. Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediaeval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait.
6. To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale.

Synonyms:

light, clarification, study at small, plaything, toy dog, illumination, elucidation, illuminance, same

effigy, picture, likeness, idol, analogy, metaphor, image, figurine, depiction, cast, silhouette, rendering, photograph, statue, bust, drawing, illustration, duplication, portrayal, snapshot, representation, carving, approximation, impression

teeny-weeny, modest, delicate, slim, scanty, scrawny, picayune, diminutive, little, toy, pocket, stingy, negligible, dwarfish, teensy, wee, itty-bitty, trifling, weeny, smallish, niggardly, small, deficient, tiny, microscopic, meager, minute, teeny, piddling, compact, puny, spare, sparing, slight, short, nugatory, petite, paltry, baby, miserly, bantam, minimal, scant, ungenerous, beggarly, minor

facsimile, approximate, model, metaphorical, cartoon, aping, pastiche, imitation, portrayed, rendered, replica, representative, copy, illustrative, graphic, analogous, outline

Usage examples:

• A miniature camp fire is kept burning day and night during the winter months." - "From Paris to New York by Land", Harry de Windt.
• " I loved him, and gave him that miniature, and the face they represented. - "Septimius Felton or, The Elixir of Life", Nathaniel Hawthorne.
• To effect this, the teacher should visit with her class places where the simpler geographical features in miniature may be observed. - "Home Geography For Primary Grades", C. C. Long.