thumbnail
noun
, -ˈnāl\
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Synonyms: Adjective
aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, telegraphic, terse
Antonyms: Adjective
circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy
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You can see a larger version of the picture by clicking on the thumbnail.Adjective
a thumbnail outline of the plot of the novelRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
His team shines a laser through a thumbnail-size hole in the eggshell and measures fluorescent signals from the blood cells. — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, "‘Ethical’ eggs could save male chicks from mass slaughter," 14 Aug. 2019 Step 6: Check Your Progress Run your thumbnail down the blade carefully feeling for any rough areas. — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, "How to Sharpen a Knife (in 9 Easy Steps)," 14 July 2019 Sometimes, there are just thumbnails of body parts, like a smooth ass or a bicep. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "Where Is Neil Malcolm Roberts?," 29 June 2019 The local school district said the image was a thumbnail-sized screenshot of a video that came up in a during a search but that the student couldn’t access the site. — oregonlive.com, "Beaverton to address $12 million accounting error, GOP walkout puts sexual misconduct bill in limbo: The week in education," 22 June 2019 The frame dimensions are 13-½″ x 17-½″ x ⅝″, with a frame border of 1″. Use the search and browse functions to view the the drawings by date or subject, and click on the thumbnails provided for a larger image and ordering information. — James Ferguson, The Reader's Catalog, "Illustrations," 17 June 2019 Jenner's manicure comes a little more than a month after Ariana Grande posted a photo to her Instagram Stories of her own cow-print manicure — or at least a cow-print thumbnail. — Marci Robin, Allure, "Kendall Jenner's New Manicure Makes Cow-Print Nails an Official Trend," 24 Mar. 2019 Harvest winter squash when the rind can’t be pierced with your thumbnail, around the time when the vines wither or even right after the first light frost. — Arricca Sansone, Country Living, "16 Types of Squash and Everything You Need to Know About Them," 28 Dec. 2018 Not all of the thumbnails are as mundane: Some include famous friends such as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Jane Fonda. — Lane Florsheim, WSJ, "130,000 Andy Warhol Photos, Once Unknown, Debut in a New Exhibition in California," 27 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'thumbnail.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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