Definition of Sable

1. Noun. An artist's brush made of sable hairs.

Exact synonyms: Sable Brush, Sable's Hair Pencil
Generic synonyms: Brush
Specialized synonyms: Rigger, Rigger Brush

2. Adjective. Of a dark somewhat brownish black.
Similar to: Achromatic, Neutral

3. Noun. The expensive dark brown fur of the marten.
Generic synonyms: Fur, Pelt

4. Noun. A very dark black.
Exact synonyms: Coal Black, Ebony, Jet Black, Pitch Black, Soot Black
Generic synonyms: Black, Blackness, Inkiness
Derivative terms: Ebonize

5. Noun. A scarf (or trimming) made of sable.
Generic synonyms: Scarf

6. Noun. Marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur.
Exact synonyms: Martes Zibellina
Generic synonyms: Marten, Marten Cat

Definition of Sable

1. 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.

2. a. Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.

3. v. t. To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.

Definition of Sable

1. a carnivorous mammal [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sable

1. Of the colour of the sable's fur; dark; black; used chiefly in poetry. "Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world." (Young) Sable antelope, the lemming. 1. 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. The sable resembles the marten, but has a longer head and ears. Its fur consists of a soft under wool, with a dense coat of hair, overtopped by another still longer. It varies greatly in colour and quality according to the locality and the season of the year. The darkest and most valuable furs are taken in autumn and winter in the colder parts of Siberia, Russia, and British North America. The American sable, or marten, was formerly considered a distinct species (Mustela Americana), but it differs very little from the Asiatic sable, and is now considered only a geographical variety. 2. The fur of the sable. 3. A mouring garment; a funeral robe; generally in the plural. "Sables wove by destiny." 4. The tincture black; represented by vertical and horizontal lines each other. Origin: OF. Sable, F. Zibeline sable (in sense 4), LL. Sabellum; cf. D. Sabel, Dan. Sabel, zobel, Sw. Sabel, sobel, G. Zobel; all fr. Russ. Sobole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sable

sabine pine
Sabine River
sabinol dehydrogenase
sabins
sabin vaccine
Sabin vaccine
sabir
sabirs
sabkha
sabkhah
sabkhahs
sabkhas
sabkhat
sabkhats
sable (current term)
sable (current term)
sable's hair pencil
sabled
sablefish
sablefishes
sables
sable antelope
sable brush
sable coat
sabling
sabot
sabot
sabotage
sabotaged
sabotages

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