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Definitions for Sable

[1] an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
[2] a marten, especially Mustela americana.
[3] the fur of the sable.
[4] the color black, often being one of the heraldic colors.
[5] sables, mourning garments.
[6] of the heraldic color sable.
[7] made of the fur or hair of the sable.
[8] very dark; black.
[9] Cape, a cape on a small island at the SW tip of Nova Scotia, Canada: lighthouse.
[10] Cape, a cape at the S tip of Florida.
[11] a marten, Martes zibellina, of N Asian forests, with dark brown luxuriant fur Related adjective: zibeline
[12] the highly valued fur of this animal (as modifier ) a sable coat
[13] American sable the brown, slightly less valuable fur of the American marten, Martes americana
[14] the colour of sable fur: a dark brown to yellowish-brown colour
[15] of the colour of sable fur
[16] black; dark; gloomy
[17] (usually postpositive) heraldry of the colour black
[18] a cape at the S tip of Florida: the southernmost point of continental US
[19] the southernmost point of Nova Scotia, Canada

Words related to Sable

jet, jetty, dark, black, ebony, raven, dusky, dusty, gloomy, inky, murky, somber, pitch-black, ebon, pitch-dark

Words nearby Sable

sabine, sabine lake, sabinianus, sabir, sabkha, sable, sable antelope, sable island pony, sablefish, sabora, sabot

Origin of Sable

1275–1325; Middle English < Old French < Middle Low German sabel (compare late Old High German zobel ) < Slavic or Baltic; compare Russian sóbol', Lithuanian sàbalas; ulterior origin obscure

Word origin for Sable

C15: from Old French, from Old High German zobel, of Slavic origin; related to Russian sobol', Polish sobol

Synonyms for Sable

black, dark, ebony, jet, jetty, raven, dusky, dusty, ebon, gloomy, inky, murky, pitch-black, pitch-dark, somber