Room where miniature lifts in place
I believe the answer is:
leeway
'room' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'miniature lifts in place' is the wordplay.
'miniature lifts' becomes 'eew' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'place' becomes 'lay' ('lay' can be a synonym of 'place').
'eew' put within 'lay' is 'LEEWAY'.
'where' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leeway that I've seen before include "Space for free movement" , "Allowable margin, latitude" , "Room for movement within limits" , "Allowance" , "Freedom to act" .)