Words about size

Mis forMiniature

Something is miniature if it is a very small copy of something else. A miniature can either be a model of something, like a miniature car, or a word for a very small animal, such as a miniature horse.

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Photo by Serge Melki

Nis forNarrow

A gap between two things is narrow if the two things are quite close together and there is not a lot of room between them. The street in the picture is very narrow. The opposite of narrow is wide.

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Photo of a short woman next to a tall man

Photo by (nutmeg)

Sis forShort

Something is short if the highest part of it is much lower than the top of similar things. The woman in the picture is much shorter than the man in the picture. The opposite of short is tall.

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Photo by Jez Arnold

Sis forSmall

Something is small if other things are much bigger than it. In the picture, the dog on the bench is much smaller than the dog on the ground.

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Photo by Richard Faulder

Tis forTall

Something is tall if the top of it is much higher up than the top of similar things. The person wearing the scarf on the left of the picture is taller than the other person in the picture. Giraffes and basketball players are tall. The opposite of tall is short.

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Photo of toast with a thick coating of spread

Photo by Andres Rodriguez

Tis forThick

Something is thick if it is a larger than normal distance from one side to another. Things like slices of bread are often described as thick. The picture is of some toast with a thick layer of chocolate flavored spread on it. The opposite of thick is thin or sparse.

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Photo by Terry Foote

Tis forThin

Something is thin if there is a very short distance from one side of it to the other. For example, thin ice is ice that would not be strong enough to stand on. The bird in the picture has very thin legs. Another word for thin is skinny. The opposite of thin is fat or thick.

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