sablenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈseɪ.bəl/us/ˈseɪ.bəl/sable noun [ C or U ] (ANIMAL)
a small animal with thick, warm fur, or the fur of this animal used for making clothes and artists' brushes
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The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals
- -haired
- alpaca
- coat
- coated
- coney
- cony
- dander
- hairless
- hairy
- ivory
- mink
- plumage
- plumule
- prickle
- quill
- spinneret
- vellum
- whisker
- wire-haired
- wool
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sable noun [ C or U ] (COLOUR)
literary a very dark or black colour
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Black, white & grey
- black
- blackness
- coal black
- cream
- dark
- dove grey
- dusty
- grey
- greyish
- gunmetal grey
- inky
- jet black
- lily-white
- milky
- off white
- pitch-dark
- snow white
- steel grey
- white
- whitish
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sableadjective
uk/ˈseɪ.bəl/us/ˈseɪ.bəl/literaryhaving a very dark or black colour
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Black, white & grey
- black
- blackness
- coal black
- cream
- dark
- dove grey
- dusty
- grey
- greyish
- gunmetal grey
- inky
- jet black
- lily-white
- milky
- off white
- pitch-dark
- snow white
- steel grey
- white
- whitish
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