🇬🇧 Figurine meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A figurine is a tiny statue that looks like a person. It is usually made from hard materials like clay or shiny porcelain. People often put figurines on shelves or tables to decorate their homes. You can’t play rough with a figurine because it can easily break, but you can look at it, dust it, and imagine stories about the little person it shows.

I tried to sculpt a figurine of myself, but it came out looking like a potato in shoes.

Grandma’s cat knocked over a porcelain figurine, then looked at us like the figurine did it to itself.

I gave my mom a figurine for her birthday; she said it was cute, then I realized it looked exactly like her before coffee.

My brother tried to make his clay figurine smile, but it just looked like it ate a lemon.

The little soccer player figurine fell over, and now it looks like it’s faking an injury for a penalty.

On a high shelf, a dusty figurine stood beside a cup. A child lifted the figurine, eyes wide at the tiny person carved in clay. The figurine slipped, cracked, and the child cried. The woman set the broken figurine on the table, glued the pieces carefully, and the child smiled to see the figurine whole again.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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