bantam

4 definitions found

bantam - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bantam \Ban"tam\, n.
     A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs,
     probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.
     [1913 Webster]

bantam - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bantam
      adj 1: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest
             of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the
             flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn:
             bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget,
             petite, tiny, flyspeck]
      n 1: any of various small breeds of fowl

bantam - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Bantam, CT (borough, FIPS 2690)
    Location: 41.72349 N, 73.24382 W
    Population (1990): 757 (344 housing units)
    Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 06750

bantam - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "bantam":
     arch, baby, baby-sized, banty, button, chit, compact, diminutive,
     duodecimo, featherweight, fingerling, handy, lightweight, little,
     malapert, mini, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minimal, minnow,
     minny, minuscule, monkey, mouse, nubbin, peewee, pert, petite,
     pocket, pocket-sized, pony, runt, shrimp, slip, small fry,
     small-scale, snip, snippet, subminiature, tit, toy, twelvemo,
     vest-pocket, wart, wisp