Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

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

“There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece.”

A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.

To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.

Smaller than normal.

“I find miniature dogs annoying; they seem to yap more than full-size dogs.”