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Sable

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Noun

1. sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencil

an artist's brush made of sable hairs

2. sable

the expensive dark brown fur of the marten

3. coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black

a very dark black

4. sable

a scarf (or trimming) made of sable

5. martes zibellina, sable

marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur

Adjective

6. sable

of a dark somewhat brownish black

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sable

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noun plural -bles or -ble
1. 
a marten, Martes zibellina, of N Asian forests, with dark brown luxuriant fur
▶ Related adjective: zibeline
2. 
a. 
the highly valued fur of this animal
b. 
(as modifier)
a sable coat
3.  American sable
4. 
the colour of sable fur: a dark brown to yellowish-brown colour
adjective
5. 
of the colour of sable fur
6. 
black; dark; gloomy
7. (usually postpositive) heraldry
of the colour black
noun
Cape Sable
1. 
a cape at the S tip of Florida: the southernmost point of continental US
2. 
the southernmost point of Nova Scotia, Canada

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Sable

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1. 
Capecape at the S tip of Fla.: southernmost point of the U.S. mainland: c. 20 mi (32 km) long
2. 
Capecape at the S tip of Nova Scotia
nounWord forms: plural ˈsables or ˈsable
1. 
any marten; esp., the stone marten or a darker American species (Martes americana)
2. 
a. 
the costly fur or pelt of the sable
b.  [pl.]
a coat, neckpiece, etc. made of this
3.  [pl.]; Rare
black mourning clothes
4.  Heraldry
the color black: indicated in engraving by crosshatching
adjective
5. 
made of or with the fur of the sable
6. 
black or dark brown

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sable

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n.
1.
a. A mustelid mammal (Martes zibellina) of northern Eurasia, having soft dark commercially valuable fur.
b. The pelt or fur of this animal.
c. The similar fur of other species of martens.
2.
a. The color black, especially in heraldry.
b. sables Black garments worn in mourning.
3. A grayish yellowish brown.
4. A sablefish.
adj.
1. Of a grayish yellowish brown.
2. Of the color black, as in heraldry or mourning.
3. Dark; somber.
4. Of the fur of the sable: a sable coat.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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