small
/smɔːl/
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Translation
Little in size or amount, not big.
Word origin
From Old English smael, meaning slender or narrow, shared with other old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- smael
Examples
live small house.
"Small" shows the house is little in size.
small piece cake.
Here "small" means a little amount.
small dog ran past .
"Small" tells us the dog is little, not big.
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