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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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SABLE definition: 1. a small animal with thick, warm fur, or the fur of this animal used for making clothes and…. Learn more.
noun. sa· ble ˈsā-bəl. plural sables. Synonyms of sable. 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.
Sable definition: an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific Islands, valued for its dark brown fur.. See examples of SABLE used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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. Word Frequency. sable in British English. (ˈseɪbəl ) noun Word forms: plural -bles or -ble. 1.
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.
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.
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.
