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[ thuhm-neyl ]
/ ˈθʌmˌneɪl /
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noun
the nail of the thumb.
anything quite small or brief, as a small drawing or short essay.
Printing. a small, rough dummy.
Also called porkchop. Journalism, Printing. a half-column portrait in a newspaper.
adjective
quite small or brief; concise: a thumbnail description of Corsica.
verb (used with object)
to make a thumbnail sketch or description of.
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Origin of thumbnail

First recorded in 1595–1605; thumb + nail

Words nearby thumbnail

thumb glass, thumbhole, thumb index, thumbkin, thumb knot, thumbnail, thumbnail sketch, thumbnut, thumb one's nose, thumb piano, thumbpiece
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Words related to thumbnail

brief, compact, short, summary, abbreviated, abridged, concise, contracted, curtailed, epigrammatic, short and sweet, succinct, to the point, truncated

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British Dictionary definitions for thumbnail

thumbnail
/ (ˈθʌmˌneɪl) /
noun
the nail of the thumb
(modifier) concise and briefa thumbnail sketch
computing a small image which can be expanded
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