How do you use the word "miniature" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "miniature": The boy is his father in miniature. He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.

Miniature Meaning

/ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃə/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounGreatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

nounA small version of something; a model of reduced scale.

Sentence Examples

The boy is his father in miniature.

He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

toy small little

Antonyms:

big large

CEFR Practice Quiz

The artist painted a ____ version of the famous painting on a tiny canvas.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The architect built a ____ model of the new skyscraper to show the developers exactly how the finished building would look.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Latin miniumder. Italian minio Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead, minium”). Not related to minimum, minor or min (which are all from a different root, *mi-n-), though the sense development may have been influenced by association with them or sound symbolism.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The twelve days from Christmas to Epiphany are conceived as a miniature of the whole year, the character of each particular day answering to the character of a particular month." — 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 324:

"The miniature was a picture of Leo's Greek mother - a lovely, dark-eyed creature." — 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

"There's no miniature / In her fair face, but is a copious theme / Which would, discoursed at large of, make a volume." — 1627, Philip Massinger, “The Great Duke of Florence”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 5, scene 3, page 221:

"Scientists have grown miniature human brains in test tubes, creating a "tool" that will allow them to watch how the organs develop in the womb and, they hope, increase their understanding of neurological and mental problems. ¶ Just a few millimetres across, the "cerebral organoids" are built up of layers of brain cells with defined regions that resemble those seen in immature, embryonic brains." — 2013 September 6, Alok Jha, “Miniature brains grown in lab”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, page 39:

"If it be ever so little removed, or seen thro’ the miniaturing End of the Perspective Glass, it either wholly escapes their Sight, or appears to them a mere Minutity." — 1755, John Shebbeare, An Answer to a Pamphlet, called A Second Letter to the People, London: M. Cooper, page 29:

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