sable
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6.4
- adjective
- /ˈseɪbəl/
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negro oscuro
- -Which one is sable?
Examples
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Mary sighed, thinking of Shadow and her painful gait, the patchiness of her coat that had been so sable soft.
Fiction book (1990) -
He was the most handsome tom she knew, his glossy fur a mix of pure white and sable black.
Fiction book (1994) -
This one is in sable and it is a very topi nude color and I love it so much.
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My uncontrollable tresses also stand out amongst the sleek, sable strands that fall down the back of the other ladies.
Fiction book (1993) -
Maria's skin stretched smoothly over her body and face and shone like olive oil under hair that was sable and straight as the tail of a mare.
Fiction book (2000) -
In that column, Smith calls his account "scraps from a diary," and says his reconstruction "is but a fragment of Seattle's speech, and lacks all the charm lent by the grace and earnestness of the sable old orator, and the occasion."
Academic text (1998) -
The artist chose a rich, sable paint to capture the shadows in her landscape.
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Her dress was a beautiful shade of sable, giving her an elegant and mysterious appearance.
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The cat had a shiny coat that was a deep, sable black, contrasting sharply with its bright green eyes.
Synonyms
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3.2
A very dark brown color with a hint of black
Dark brown with a little black
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.0
A painting tool with soft sable hairs that makes fine, flexible points
An island at the southern tip of Nova Scotia, Canada, known for many seabirds and its sea history
- South African
A large African animal like a deer with a dark coat and long curved horns
How Dark
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sable as an adjective comes from the animal and its fur, a word brought into European languages from Russian sobol; that's why sable describes a dark, brownish-black colour like the animal's coat.