What is another word for sables?

Pronunciation: [sˈe͡ɪbə͡lz] (IPA)

Sables are a type of fur-bearing animal, but the word sable has come to represent more than just an animal's pelt. As a noun, a sable can also be a brush with hairs made from the sable animal, used in art and makeup application. As an adjective, sable can mean dark or black in color. Other synonyms for sable include ebony, jet-black, and pitch-black. Additionally, the word can be used to describe a person with dark hair or complexion, or a noble coat of arms featuring a sable-colored shield. So, while sables may be a particular animal, its meaning and uses have expanded over time.

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  • Independent

    • Proper noun, singular
      panel.
  • Other Related

    • Proper noun, singular
      sand.

What are the hypernyms for Sables?

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Usage examples for Sables

Somebody, a woman, wearing sables, was in the box turning round, evidently in conversation with another person who was hidden.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens
No, she had not forgotten; but she was learning the truth that true worth is not in title, or name, or fortune; that neither coronet nor crown can make men; that fools clad in sables are fools still, and rogues in mansions are still rogues.
"The Squire's Daughter"
Silas K(itto) Hocking
"A body'd s'pose marster's kin warn't of no kind of count," said Aunt Milly, the head cook, to a group of sables, who, in the kitchen, were discussing the furniture of the "trump'ry room," as they were in the habit of calling the chamber set apart for Mrs. Nichols.
"'Lena Rivers"
Mary J. Holmes

Famous quotes with Sables

  • Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay-- Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.
    Charles Kingsley

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