miniature
Example Sentences
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Many more eccentric characters appear, such as Tristram’s Uncle Toby, a wounded veteran who loses himself by re-creating former battles with miniatures.
These are pieces of carbon and other chemicals, like a miniature lump of coal, that come from the incomplete burning of fuel.
From BBC
She had stuck a bunch of miniature plastic trees onto an old tea tray.
From Literature
The sight of it purely took my breath away because spread out before me was all of Sassafras Springs—every inch of it—in miniature.
From Literature
They are also used in the manufacture of miniature motors, such as those that fold away a car's wing mirrors automatically when it is parked.
From Barron's
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