SMALL INDEFINITE QUANTITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does small indefinite quantity mean? 

• SMALL INDEFINITE QUANTITY (noun)
  The noun SMALL INDEFINITE QUANTITY has 1 sense:

1. an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude

  Familiarity information: SMALL INDEFINITE QUANTITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMALL INDEFINITE QUANTITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity

Hypernyms ("small indefinite quantity" is a kind of...):

indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "small indefinite quantity"):

shade; tad (a slight amount or degree of difference)

hint; jot; mite; pinch; soupcon; speck; tinge; touch (a slight but appreciable amount)

tot (a small amount (especially of a drink))

iota; scintilla; shred; smidge; smidgen; smidgeon; smidgin; tittle; whit (a tiny or scarcely detectable amount)

hint; suggestion; tint; trace (a just detectable amount)

nip; shot (a small drink of liquor)

diddley; diddly; diddly-shit; diddly-squat; diddlyshit; diddlysquat; doodly-squat; jack; shit; squat (a small worthless amount)

dreg (a small amount of residue)

dollop (a small measure (usually of food))

drib; driblet; drop (a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid))

couple (a small indefinite number)

handful; smattering (a small number or amount)

morsel (a small quantity of anything)

lower limit; minimum (the smallest possible quantity)

helping; portion; serving (an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal)

schtick; schtik; shtick; shtik ((Yiddish) a little; a piece)

little (a small amount or duration)

step; stone's throw (a short distance)

nose (a small distance)

spray; spraying (a quantity of small objects flying through the air)

shoe string; shoestring (a small amount of money)

scattering; sprinkling (a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly)

modicum (a small or moderate or token amount)

hair; hair's-breadth; hairsbreadth; whisker (a very small distance or space)

bit; spot (a small piece or quantity of something)

dab; splash; splatter (a small quantity of something moist or liquid)

crumb (a very small quantity of something)

mouthful; taste (a small amount eaten or drunk)