English Dictionary

minette

noun

(dated) The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs. / (mineralogy) A mineral deposit consisting of iron ore of sedimentary origin, found in the south of Luxembourg and in Lorraine.

I saw a cute minette at the pet store.

意味（1）

(dated) The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.

The title page bears a minette portrait of the Duke being crowned by the hand of an ideal figure of Chicago, and below are the coat-of-arms and motto of the Duke's house.

意味（2）

(mineralogy) A mineral deposit consisting of iron ore of sedimentary origin, found in the south of Luxembourg and in Lorraine.

The minettes of Buell Mountain are felsic, and many contain ground-mass quartz.