Statuette

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Statuette \Stat`u*ette"\ (st[a^]ch`[=oo]*[e^]t" or
     st[a^]t`[-u]*[e^]t"), n. [F., cf. It. statuetta.]
     A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than
     life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster
     or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as
     distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf.


     {Figurine}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  statuette
       n : a small carved or molded figure [syn: {figurine}]