Small

What “Small” means

Adj

1. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
2. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
3. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
4. Young, as a child.
5. Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.

Adv

1. In a small fashion
2. In or into small pieces.
3. To a small extent.
4. In a low tone; softly.

Noun

1. One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a medium.
2. An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
3. One who fits an item of that size.
4. Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.

Verb

1. To make little or less.
2. To become small; to dwindle.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English smal, smale, small, smalle, smel, smæl, from Old English smæl (“narrow, slim; slender; fine; small; quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *smal, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal- (“small; little”). Cognates Cognate with Scots smaw (“small; minor”), Yola smaale, small (“small”), North Frisian smaal, smeel, smääl (“narrow”), Saterland Frisian smäl (“narrow”), West Frisian smel (“narrow”), Alemannic German schmaal (“narrow”), Bavarian schmoi (“narrow; slender”), Dutch smal (“narrow; small”), German schmal (“narrow; slender”), Low German small (“narrow; slender, small”), Luxembourgish schmuel (“narrow”), Vilamovian śmoł, šmoł (“narrow”), Yiddish שמאָל (shmol, “narrow”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish smal (“narrow; slim”), Gothic 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (smalists, “smallest”); also Latin malus (“bad, distressing, nasty; evil,

Business name ideas with “Small”

Industries where “Small” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing
• Small Arms Ammunition Manufacturing
• Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing
• Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing