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Sable
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Sa·ble  (sbl), Cape
1. A promontory of southern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is on an inlet south of Sable Island, a low sandy island often called "the Graveyard of the Atlantic" because of its hazard to navigation.
2. A cape at the southwest tip of Florida. Part of Everglades National Park, it is the southernmost extremity of the U.S. mainland.

sa·ble  (sbl)
n.
1.
a. A carnivorous mammal (Martes zibellina) of northern Europe and Asia, having soft dark 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.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Middle Low German sabel, from Old Russian sobol', ultimately from Persian samr.]

sable [ˈseɪbəl]
n pl -bles, -ble
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a marten, Martes zibellina, of N Asian forests, with dark brown luxuriant fur Related adj zibeline
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles)
a.  the highly valued fur of this animal
b.  (as modifier) a sable coat
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles)
American sable the brown, slightly less valuable fur of the American marten, Martes americana
4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) the colour of sable fur: a dark brown to yellowish-brown colour
adj
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of the colour of sable fur
2. black; dark; gloomy
3. (History / Heraldry) (usually postpositive) Heraldry of the colour black
[from Old French, from Old High German zobel, of Slavic origin; related to Russian sobol', Polish sobol]

Sable [ˈseɪbəl]
n
Cape
1. (Placename) a cape at the S tip of Florida: the southernmost point of continental US
2. (Placename) the southernmost point of Nova Scotia, Canada
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Sable - an artist's brush made of sable hairssable - an artist's brush made of sable hairs
brush - an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
rigger brush, rigger - a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists
2.sable - the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
fur, pelt - the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
3.Sable - a very dark blacksable - a very dark black                    
black, blackness, inkiness - the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
4.sable - a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
scarf - a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration
5.Sable - marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fursable - marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
marten, marten cat - agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
Adj.1.sable - of a dark somewhat brownish black
achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"

sable
noun & adjective
black, jet, raven, jetty, ebony, ebon (poetic) thick sable lashes see shades from black to white
adjective
dark, black, dim, gloomy, dismal, dreary, sombre, shadowy, sepulchral, crepuscular, Stygian, tenebrous Night enveloped me in its sable mantle.
Translations
sable [ˈseɪbl]
A. N (= fur) → marta f cibelina or cebellina; (= colour) → negro m
B. ADJnegro

sable
nZobel m; (= fur)Zobelfell ntor -pelz m; (liter, = colour) → Schwarz nt
adjZobel-; (liter, = black) → schwarz; sable coatZobelmantel m

sable [ˈseɪbl]
1. n
a. (animal, fur) → zibellino
b. (liter) (colour) → nero
2. adj (fur) → di zibellino; (brush) → di martora

sable
n sable [ˈseibl]
1 a kind of small animal found in Arctic regions, valued for its glossy fur. nerts سَمّور سيبيريا самур sobol zobel der Zobel ζιμπελίνα (θηλαστικό με πολύτιμη γούνα) marta cebellina soobel سمور soopeli zibeline, martre צוֹבֶל सेबल, नेवले की जाति का एक पशु samur, sobol coboly sebangsa musang safali zibellino 黒てん 흑담비 sabalas sabulis sabel sabeldier sobel soból zibelina zibe­lină соболь soboľ sobolj samur sobel สัตวสี่เท้าเลี้ยงลูกด้วยนมคล้ายแมวจำพวก Martes zibellina samur 黑貂 соболь سمور chồn zibêlin
2 its fur Artists' brushes are sometimes made of sable; (also adjective ) a sable coat. nerts فَرْوَة السَّمّور самурова кожа sobol(í) zobelpels; zobel- das Zobelfell; Zobel-... γούνα, τρίχα ζιμπελίνας (de) marta cebellina sooblinahk پوست سمور soopeli, soopelinnahka (de) zibeline; en poil de martre פַּרווָת צוֹבֶל सेबल का बाल samurovina, sobolovina (krzno) cobolyprém kulitnya safalafeldur (di) zibellino 黒てんの毛皮 흑담비 털 sabalo (kailis) sabuļāda bulu sabel sabelbont sobelpels/-skinn sobole zibelina (de) zibe­lină соболий мех soboľ; sobolí soboljevina samurovina sobelhår, sobelskinn, sobelpäls หนังขนสัตว์สี่เท้าเลี้ยงลูกด้วยนมจำพวก Martes zibellina samur (kürkü) 黑貂皮 соболеве хутро سمور کا فر bút vẽ bằng lông chồn Zibêlin


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