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- Dictionarysable/ˈseɪbl/
adjective
- 1. black: literary "the sable blackness of her hair"
noun
- 1. black. literary
- 2. a large African antelope with long curved horns, the male of which has a black coat and the female a russet coat, both having a white belly.
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1. a. : the color black. b. : black clothing worn in mourning usually used in plural. 2. a or plural sable. (1) : a carnivorous mammal (Martes zibellina) of the weasel family that occurs chiefly in northern Asia. (2) : any of various animals related to the sable. b. : the fur or pelt of a sable. 3.
SABLE definition: 1. a small animal with thick, warm fur, or the fur of this animal used for making clothes and…. Learn more.
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific Islands, valued for its dark brown fur. a marten, especially Mustela americana. the fur of the sable. the color black, often being one of the heraldic colors. sables, mourning garments.
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.
SABLE meaning: 1. a small animal with thick, warm fur, or the fur of this animal used for making clothes and…. Learn more.
Definition of sable noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Sable is a fluffy little animal known for its silky dark brown fur. It’s native to Japan, Siberia, and other parts of northern Asia. You may meet up with a sable in a zoo or as somebody's expensive coat.
Definition of 'sable' Word Frequency. sable. (seɪbəl ) Word forms: plural sables. countable noun. A sable is a small furry animal with valued fur. Sable is the fur of a sable. ...a full-length sable coat. More Synonyms of sable. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. © Steve Brigman, Shutterstock.
noun. sables. A mustelid mammal (Martes zibellina) of northern Eurasia, having soft dark commercially valuable fur. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Any marten; esp., the stone marten or a darker American species ( Martes americana) Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The costly fur or pelt of the sable. Webster's New World.
See synonyms for sable on Thesaurus.com noun, plural sa·bles, (especially collectively for 1, 2) sa·ble. an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific Islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
