thumbnail

[ 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.

Origin of thumbnail

First recorded in 1595–1605; thumb + nail

Words nearby thumbnail

thumb-index, thumb-sucker, thumber, thumbhole, thumbkin, thumbnail, thumbnail sketch, thumbnut, thumbpiece, thumbprint, thumbs up

Words related to thumbnail

compact, short, brief, summary, concise, epigrammatic, succinct, abbreviated, abridged, contracted, curtailed, truncated

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British Dictionary definitions for thumbnail

thumbnail
/ (ˈθʌmˌneɪl) /

noun

the nail of the thumb
(modifier) concise and brief a thumbnail sketch
computing a small image which can be expanded