Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something that is distinctively smaller than other members of its type or class.
- noun A miniskirt.
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- noun A
miniskirt . - noun dated A
minicomputer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of women's clothing; very short with hemline above the knee
- noun a very short skirt
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Magnetic resonance imaging MRI scans have led to another confusing use of the term mini-stroke.
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The term mini greenhouse can refer to several styles of greenhouse:
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The ECB president asked for the term to be repeated, and then, with raised eyebrows, muttered the word "mini" in a tone of voice suggesting a technical default would be anything but.
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The ECB president asked for the term to be repeated, and then, with raised eyebrows, muttered the word "mini" in a tone of voice suggesting a technical default would be anything but.
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He has four TVs—including a 46-inch Internet TV and a 37-inch screen in what he called a "mini man cave"—but still prefers a transistor radio and his pair of half-broken headphones.
Catching the Knicks, 1960s-Style Ben Cohen 2012
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I am not always in touch with my emotions and sometimes I only know that I am upset when I am halfway through what I call a mini-binge.
Jan Shepherd: Emotional Fillers: Confronting My Binge Eating Disorder 2010
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We have a Monday night service, and on Tuesday nights I go to what we call mini-church - a small group, essentially, just a few people who get together and talk about life and study the Bible together.
Archive 2009-01-01 Happy 2009
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We have a Monday night service, and on Tuesday nights I go to what we call mini-church - a small group, essentially, just a few people who get together and talk about life and study the Bible together.
institutional whatnot Happy 2009
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A few weeks back, I posted what I called a mini-rant after watching Sky business editor Michael Wilson on air and then was directed to go to the Sky News site to respond on their blog.
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She was in labor with me for 11 hours, so I hope that your mini is a bit more cooperative than I was and that your pain can be minimized!
Pregnancy update: 33 weeks ScienceWoman 2006
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Sometimes, when the going was rough and dangerous, we had to fall back on the ‘mini’, or minimum wage of eight shillings and 11 pence a shift.
Joe Kenyon · Working Underground · LRB 27 November 1997 Joe Kenyon 2020
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