bantam

Definition of bantam

Nouns

any of various small breeds of fowl
Type of:
domestic fowl, fowl, poultry
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

Adjectives

very small
Synonyms:
diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny
little, small
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

Vocabulary Lists for bantam

John Knowles's A Separate Peace »(79 words)
Words from A Separate Peace for study.
  • abashed
  • accolade
  • aesthete
  • ambiguously
  • anarchy

Words I didn't know »(427 words)
Taken from the following poems, each of which I love:...
  • acrid
  • acute
  • affix
  • air
  • ala

James Joyce's "Ulysses" Part 1 »(574 words)
Vocabulary study list for James Joyce's "Ulysses" (Part...
  • money cowrie
  • bedraggle
  • omphalos
  • ineluctable
  • postprandial

garboil »(367 words)
Taken from the following poems, each of which I love:...
  • acrid
  • affix
  • amorist
  • amour
  • artificer

maloderous »(328 words)
Taken from the following poems, each of which I love:...
  • acute
  • affix
  • ala
  • amorist
  • amour

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