Thesaurus: sable

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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. n. The fur of the sable.
3. n. A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
4. n. The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
5. a. Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.
6. v. t. To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.
7. adj. of a dark somewhat brownish black
8. n. an artist's brush made of sable hairs
9. n. the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
10. n. a very dark black
11. n. a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
12. n. marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur