English-Dutch translations for miniature

• miniatuur
  Dat is geen gesloten Europa, geen beperkt Europa, geen miniatuur, maar een groot en uitgebreid Europa dat in staat is de mondialisering vorm te geven, in plaats van de gevolgen ervan te ondergaan. Not a closed Europe, nor a small, miniature Europe, but a great, enlarged Europe that is capable of shaping globalisation, instead of suffering the consequences of it.

Definition of miniature

• Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale
• A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature
• An illustration in an illuminated manuscript
• A chess game which is concluded with very few moves
• Lettering in red; rubric distinction
• Smaller than normal
• To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature

Examples

• There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece.
• Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.
• Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.
• I find miniature dogs annoying; they seem to yap more than full-size dogs

Related words

• microminiature
• Miniature Tit-Babbler
• Miniature Barrel Cactus
• miniature golf
• miniature poodle
• Miniature Pinscher
• miniature sheet
• miniature pig
• miniature bull terrier