Just a speck
A tiny amount is a very small quantity of something—barely enough to register.
The phrase emphasizes just how little there is: Add a tiny amount of salt.
It often appears when precision matters less than conveying scarcity: There's only a tiny amount left in the bottle.
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Just a speck
A tiny amount is a very small quantity of something—barely enough to register.
The phrase emphasizes just how little there is: Add a tiny amount of salt.
It often appears when precision matters less than conveying scarcity: There's only a tiny amount left in the bottle.
Related — smidgen (Very small quantity); pinch (Squeeze with fingertips); trace (Minute remnant or pursue); speck · drop · hint · dash · morsel · sliver · crumb · iota · shred · whisper
quantity/magnitudetiny amount ≠ large amount Considerable quantity of something; great deal · heap · ton · abundance · mountain
tiny, tinier, tiniest, amount, amounts, amounted, amounting
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/tiny_amount