BANTAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bantam mean? 

• BANTAM (noun)
  The noun BANTAM has 1 sense:

1. any of various small breeds of fowl

  Familiarity information: BANTAM used as a noun is very rare.

• BANTAM (adjective)
  The adjective BANTAM has 1 sense:

1. very small

  Familiarity information: BANTAM used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANTAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various small breeds of fowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bantam" is a kind of...):

domestic fowl; fowl; poultry (a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl)

• BANTAM (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very small

Synonyms:

bantam; diminutive; flyspeck; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny

Context example:

the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy

Similar:

little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)