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miniplay

miniplay noun: a very short play (dramatic work).

Noun

miniplay (plural miniplays)

  1. A very short play (dramatic work).
    • Each miniplay can vary from performance to performance. Ms. Bannon described how one play, in which a woman details her love life, tended to get interrupted by spectators spontaneously describing their own relationships.2007 January 28, Mark Blankenship, “The Whole Audience Sits in One Chair, the Cast in the Other”, in New York Times

Forms of miniplay

pluralminiplays

Origin of miniplay

From mini- + play.

Questions about miniplay

What does miniplay mean?
Miniplay means a very short play (dramatic work).
What part of speech is miniplay?
Miniplay is a noun.
What is the plural of miniplay?
The plural of miniplay is miniplays.

Words near miniplay in the dictionary

  1. miniplasmids
  2. miniplasmin
  3. miniplasmins
  4. miniplate
  5. miniplates
  6. miniplay
  7. miniplays
  8. miniplug
  9. miniplugs
  10. minipoll
  11. minipolls

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