thumbnail
pronunciation
How to pronounce thumbnail in British English:
UK [ˈθʌmneɪl]
How to pronounce thumbnail in American English:
US [ˈθʌmˌnel]
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- Noun:
- the nail of the thumb
Word Origin
- thumbnail (n.)
- c. 1600, from thumb (n.) + nail (n.). Meaning "drawing or sketch of a small size" (though usually not literally the size of a thumbnail) is from 1852.
Example
- 1. Alongside each result there 's a preview thumbnail .
- 2. Storing your thumbnail images in your database ?
- 3. In the published version , a thumbnail image will appear .
- 4. A blue star in the corner of a thumbnail denotes that the site has been updated .
- 5. Iphoto will find look-alike photos when you double tap on an image in the thumbnail grid view .