detail

Meaning

Noun

1. A part small enough to escape casual notice.
2. A profusion of details.
3. The small parts that can escape casual notice.
4. A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
5. A person's name, address and other personal information.
6. A temporary unit or assignment.
7. An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
8. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
9. A selected portion of a painting.

Verb

1. To explain in detail.
2. To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles, always pronounced. /ˈdiːteɪl/)
3. To assign to a particular task.

Synonyms

item

particular

part

circumstance

detachment

component

particulars

element

specify

retail

piece

assign

point

bit

details

itemize

reason

feature

relate

list

specification

determine

minuteness

designate

import

contingent

particularity

interpret

fix

focalize

focus

fragment

frill

indicate

itemise

job

mark

matter

minor

minor details

mountings

nicety

odds and ends

parse

partial

particularise

particularize

pin down

prescribe

quotation

recount

restrict

sections

set

sharpen

spare part

specific

spell out

subject

substance

task force

tell off

thing

trivial

unit

zoom in

technicals

information

focalise

group of soldiers

complete enumeration

component drawing

particular episode

detail of construction

fine end

parts drawing

lay out details

abstract

accessory

amplify

appoint

article

bauble

bits

cell

circumstantial

clarification

clip

clipping

contents

define

detach

detailed

distinctive feature

elaborate

elucidate

enlarge

enumerate

excerpt

extract

factor

findings

fine

fitting

Hyphenated as

de‧tail

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdiːteɪl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French détail, from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”).

Sentences

However most modellers would consider a model including commercial detail parts as scratchbuilt.