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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.

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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.

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

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sable

Noun

pl -bles or -ble

1. a marten of N Asia, N Europe, and America, with dark brown luxuriant fur

2. the highly valued fur of this animal, used to make coats and hats

Adjective

dark brown-to-black [Slavic]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sable - an artist's brush made of sable hairs sable brush, sable's hair pencil 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 black                     coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, soot 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 fur Martes zibellina 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"

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sable

adjective 1. black, jet, raven, jetty, ebony, ebon (poetic) see see, shades from black to white

adjective 2. dark, black, dim, gloomy, dismal, dreary, sombre, shadowy

Translations

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 검은 담비 sabalas sabulis sabel sabeldier sobel soból zibelina zibe­lină соболь soboľ sobolj samur sobel สัตวสี่เท้าเลี้ยงลูกด้วยนมคล้ายแมวจำพวก Martes zibellina samur 黑貂 соболь سمور chồn zibêlin 黑貂

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 검은 담비의 모피 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 黑貂皮