Minette
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Minette is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A mineral deposit consisting of iron ore of sedimentary origin, found in the south of Luxembourg and in Lorraine.
Meaning
(mineralogy) A mineral deposit consisting of iron ore of sedimentary origin, found in the south of Luxembourg and in Lorraine.
More Meanings
- (dated) The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.
Example Sentences
The minettes of Buell Mountain are felsic, and many contain ground-mass quartz.
[…] there were hundreds of other sizes of photographic prints ranging from a minette novelty to mammoth views.
The title page bears a minette portrait of the Duke being crowned by the hand of an ideal figure of Chicago, and below are the coat-of-arms and motto of the Duke's house.
Word Forms
- minettes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include miniportrait, subminiature, miniature, minikin, microminiature, microcopy.
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