Sable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A carnivorous mammal (Martes zibellina) of northern Europe and Asia, having soft dark fur.
  • n. The pelt or fur of this animal.
  • n. The similar fur of other species of martens.
  • n. The color black, especially in heraldry.
  • n. Black garments worn in mourning.
  • n. A grayish yellowish brown.
  • n. A sablefish.
  • adj. Of a grayish yellowish brown.
  • adj. Of the color black, as in heraldry or mourning.
  • adj. Dark; somber.
  • adj. Of the fur of the sable: a sable coat.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Mustela zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia).
  • n. The marten, especially Mustela americana.
  • n. The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
  • n. An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable (Wikipedia).
  • n. : A black colour on a coat of arms.
  • n. A black colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
  • n. Black garments worn in mourning.
  • adj. Of the black colour sable.
  • adj. : In blazon, of the colour black.
  • adj. Made of sable fur.
  • adj. Dark, somber.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.
  • n. The fur of the sable.
  • n. A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
  • n. The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
  • adj. Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.
  • v. To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A digitigrade carnivorous quadruped, Mustela zibellina, of the family Mustelidæ and subfamily Mustelinæ, closely related to the martens.
  • n. The dressed pelt or fur of the sable.
  • n. The color black in a general sense, and especially as the color of mourning: so called with reference to the general dark color of the fur of the sable as compared with other furs, or from its being dyed black as sealskin is dyed.
  • n. A black cloth or covering of any kind; mourning-garments in general; a suit of black: often in the plural.
  • n. A fine paint-brush or pencil made of hair from the tail of the sable.
  • n. In heraldry, black; one of the tinctures, represented when the colors are not given, as in engraving, by a close network of vertical and horizontal lines. Abbreviated S., sa. See also cut under pall.
  • n. A British collectors' name of certain pyralid moths. Botys nigrata is the wavy-barred sable, and B, lingulata is the silver-barred sable.
  • Made of sable: as, a sable muff or tippet.
  • Of the color of a sable; dark-brown; blackish.
  • Black, especially as applied to mourning, or as an attribute.
  • To make like sable in color; darken; blacken; hence, figuratively, to make sad or dismal; sadden.
  • n. A Spanish name of the cutlas-fish.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
  • n. marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
  • n. a very dark black
  • n. an artist's brush made of sable hairs
  • n. a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
  • adj. of a dark somewhat brownish black
  • Equivalent
    neutral    achromatic   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fur    pelt    marten cat    marten    inkiness    blackness    black    scarf   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    sabled    sabling    sable antelope    sablefish   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dark    black   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abel    Cable    Gable    Mabel    Mable    able    cable    chaebol    disable    enable   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ermine    silken    snowy    dusky    shaggy    scarlet    mink    tattered    velvet    beaver