English words starting with smal

Meanings of Small:

adjective

Of a size that is less than normal or usual.

Usage examples:

The room was small and quiet

adverb

Into small pieces.

Usage examples:

Cut the okra up small

plural noun

Small items of clothing, especially underwear.

Usage examples:

Do we know if secreted about his smalls he has a pair of boxer shorts in either the ancient or red …

Meanings of Small beer:

noun

A thing that is considered unimportant.

Usage examples:

Even with £10,000 to invest, you are still small beer for most stockbrokers

Meanings of Small talk:

noun

Conversation about things that are not important, often between people who do not know each other well

Usage examples:

I don't enjoy parties where i have to make small talk with complete strangers.

Meanings of Small-change:

noun

Coins of little value, or a small amount of money

Usage examples:

I only had some small change in my pocket., the cost of this project is small change compared to th…

Meanings of Small-fry:

plural noun

Insignificant people or things.

Usage examples:

He was small fry and privy to nothing

noun

People or things that are not considered to be important

Usage examples:

They may be key players in their own company, but they're small fry in the industry itself.

Meanings of Small-intestine:

noun

The upper part of the bowels between the stomach and the large intestine

Meanings of Small-minded:

adjective

Disapproving unable to accept different ideas or things that are not familiar

Meanings of Small-mindedness:

noun

The quality of being small-minded (= refusing to consider new or different ideas)

Usage examples:

Insular small-mindedness is not a national trait of which to be proud., stop listening to negative …

Meanings of Small-potatoes:

phrase

Something insignificant or unimportant.

Usage examples:

Her business was small potatoes

plural noun

Infml someone or something that is unimportant

Usage examples:

Compared to her problems, mine seem like small potatoes.

Meanings of Small-scale:

adjective

Small, esp. when compared to other things like it

Usage examples:

The house is like a small-scale castle.

Meanings of Small-screen:

noun

Television

Usage examples:

His novel has been adapted for the small screen.

Meanings of Small-talk:

noun

Social conversation about unimportant things, often between people who do not know each other well

Usage examples:

I hate conversation that is nothing but small talk.

Meanings of Small-town:

adjective

Of or from a small town, and sometimes having a simple or limited quality

Usage examples:

A small-town girl, small-town politics

Meanings of Smallage:

noun

Any of several kinds of celery or parsley; especially wild celery, apium graveolens, formerly used medicinally and to flavour food.

Meanings of Smallages:

noun

Any of several kinds of celery or parsley; especially wild celery, apium graveolens, formerly used medicinally and to flavour food.

Meanings of Smaller:

adjective

Of a size that is less than normal or usual.

Usage examples:

The room was small and quiet

Meanings of Smallest:

adjective

Of a size that is less than normal or usual.

Usage examples:

The room was small and quiet

Meanings of Smallholder:

noun

A person who owns or manages an agricultural holding smaller than a farm.

Usage examples:

Urban sprawl threaten the fates of rural smallholders around the world

Meanings of Smallholding:

noun

An agricultural holding smaller than a farm.

Usage examples:

Some 20 years ago midrand was an agricultural zone, with smallholdings and farmlands.

Meanings of Smallish:

adjective

Fairly small.

Usage examples:

A smallish town

Meanings of Smallmouth:

noun

The smallmouth bass.

Usage examples:

An important sport fish throughout its range, the smallmouth is almost as popular as the largemouth…

Meanings of Smallness:

noun

The quality of being of a size that is less than normal or usual.

Usage examples:

Her delicate smallness was conducive to her career as a dancer

Meanings of Smallpox:

noun

An acute contagious viral disease, with fever and pustules that usually leave permanent scars. it was effectively eradicated through vaccination by 1979.

Usage examples:

Disease was rampant and smallpox, typhus, typhoid and dysentery made death familiar.

Meanings of Smalls:

adjective

Of a size that is less than normal or usual.

Usage examples:

The room was small and quiet

plural noun

Small items of clothing, especially underwear.

Usage examples:

Do we know if secreted about his smalls he has a pair of boxer shorts in either the ancient or red …

adverb

Into small pieces.

Usage examples:

Cut the okra up small

phrase

Underwear, especially when being washed or about to be washed

Usage examples:

Do you have any smalls that need washing?, are these your smalls?, he'd been washing his smalls and…

Meanings of Smallsword:

noun

A light tapering sword used for duelling.

Usage examples:

Light cavalry carried a small sword and two or three javelins while the heavy force was equipped wi…