Definition of sable

adjective (a)

• Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• an artist's brush made of sable hairs (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• the expensive dark brown fur of the marten (noun.substance)

  source: wordnet30
• a very dark black (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, soot black
  

  source: wordnet30
• a scarf (or trimming) made of sable (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur (noun.animal)

  Synonym: martes zibellina
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• of a dark somewhat brownish black (adj.all)

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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