mink

Examples

• All

• She shouldn't leave her mink lying around.

  Cactus Flower (1969)

• All through that wet, moldering season, I sat surrounded by the musky odor of damp mink and fox.

  Fiction book (1999)

• WOMAN: My mink was right here.

  Eye of the Beholder (1999)

• Nobody needs a mink coat but a mink.

  Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

• There's a mink farm about three miles north of here.

  I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)

• Or have they done something else to the poor minks while I was away?

  A Star Is Born (1954)

• Has anyone ever seen or heard of mink sightings around Cape Ann?

  Blog text (17)

• Al, you can't tell a mink from a coonskin unless you see the fur up close.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The farmer raises mink for their luxurious fur, which is highly valued in fashion.

• While exploring the wetlands, we spotted a mink swimming gracefully through the water.

Synonyms

V

vison

vsmink

• Archaic

9.9

A small wild animal with soft dark fur that lives near rivers in North America

gives more physical detail about body shape and partially webbed feet

A

American mink

vsmink

• US

7.3

A North American animal that lives near water, has dark brown fur, and eats other animals

focuses more on small slender body and fur texture than on pelts

M

Mustela vison

vsmink

• Specialized

9.9

A small animal that lives near water with dark brown fur from North America

adds emphasis on small slender form and partially webbed feet rather than colour

Compounds

M

mink coat

7 4.9

An expensive warm coat made from soft shiny mink fur

A

American mink

• US

7.3

A North American animal that lives near water, has dark brown fur, and eats other animals

M

mink accessory

7.9

A fashion item made from mink fur, like a wrap or hat

How Soft

chinchilla

3 6.8

mink

11 4.6

Persian lamb

8.6

sheepskin

6 3.9

cowhide

• Archaic

1 5.3

Surface Forms

Etymology