Used in a Sentence

thumbnail

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for thumbnail.

Editorial note

The skype is nice because it puts a thumbnail of their face that stays hovered over the netflix even while it's in fullscreen.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

The fingernail on the thumb.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of thumbnail gathered in one view.

noun

The fingernail on the thumb.

noun

A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail).

noun

(social media) A picture displayed by posts and videos pre-clicked conveying the matters discussed/shown in that post.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for thumbnail.

noun

The fingernail on the thumb.

noun

A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail).

noun

(social media) A picture displayed by posts and videos pre-clicked conveying the matters discussed/shown in that post.

verb

(transitive) To describe concisely.

Example sentences

1

The skype is nice because it puts a thumbnail of their face that stays hovered over the netflix even while it's in fullscreen.

2

One more small thing that would be nice to improve is being able to tweak the thumbnail.

3

Just add a photo with a verified account to see our animation on the image thumbnail.

4

It seems to be generated automagically, but would be easier / better if you can also upload your own thumbnail.

5

For people on slow, high-latency Internet connections, the thumbnail image loading is slow and annoying.

6

Image processing primarily: user uploads an image to S3, a thumbnail version gets created automatically.

7

So right now, and for about the next week it will be sending back essentially thumbnail images (in addition to science data).

8

For both an image file and an automatically-generated thumbnail image of that same file?

9

Agree with the thumbnail comment, it's pretty limited now, will definitely work on that.

10

Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6 are all showing the thumbnail for Figure 6.

11

Examples would be the DNS cache, the thumbnail database and the temp directory.

12

Though it looks like they've opted for the choose-your-thumbnail layout now.

Quote examples

1

BTW, the Algolia "experimental" interface is easier since it allows you to shut off the annoying thumbnail image loading.

2

The good news is, after you select "experimental" mode in the settings, you can then turn off thumbnail image loading.

3

If you click on a thumbnail, then on the "click here for this matrix" link, you get a bunch of additional information.

4

Some people love to see "thumbnail" images of the sites in the search results, and they most likely have all the required bandwidth/speed/latency needed to view the images without discomfort.

Proper noun examples

1

Thumbnail generation/optimisation can happen during upload.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use thumbnail in a sentence?

The skype is nice because it puts a thumbnail of their face that stays hovered over the netflix even while it's in fullscreen.

What does thumbnail mean?

The fingernail on the thumb.

What part of speech is thumbnail?

thumbnail is commonly used as noun, verb.