SABLE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of sable in English sablenoun [ C or U ] uk /ˈseɪ.bəl/ us /ˈseɪ.bəl/

sable noun [C or U] (ANIMAL)

Add to word list Add to word list a small animal with thick, warm fur, or the fur of this animal used for making clothes and artists' brushes: Pelts in demand were sable, mink, chinchilla and silver fox. a $150,000 sable coat   SteveClever/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals

• ala
• baleen
• bristle
• bristly
• coated
• cocoon
• cony
• cowhide
• dander
• fleece
• furry
• mane
• plume
• spiny
• undershell
• unshorn
• vibrissa
• whalebone
• whisker
• whiskery

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sable noun [C or U] (COLOUR)

literary a dark brown or black colour: The usual colours range from light grey through intermediate shadings to sable and black.   sanychss/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Black, white & grey

• blackness
• coaly
• dove grey
• dusty
• ebony
• gray
• greyish
• greyly
• greyness
• gunmetal grey
• inky
• jet black
• lily-white
• pearl
• pearly
• pitch darkness
• pitchy
• snow white
• sombrely
• sooty

See more results » sableadjective uk /ˈseɪ.bəl/ us /ˈseɪ.bəl/ literary having a dark brown or black colour: I could see his long dark sable hair. Night drew its long sable curtains around her. [ after noun ] used to describe something on a coat of arms (= a special shield or shield-shaped pattern that is the sign of a family, university, or city) that is black : The shield features a lion rampant sable. Black, white & grey

• blackness
• coaly
• dove grey
• dusty
• ebony
• gray
• greyish
• greyly
• greyness
• gunmetal grey
• inky
• jet black
• lily-white
• pearl
• pearly
• pitch darkness
• pitchy
• snow white
• sombrely
• sooty

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Specific signs and symbols sablénoun [ C ] (also sable) uk /ˈsæb.leɪ/ us /ˈsæb.leɪ/ a type of biscuit, originally from France, made with butter, sugar, eggs, and flour: Grilled notes of chocolate and hazelnut come through in every bite and the consistency is a fine crumbliness unlike that of any sable I know. Not only was it extremely easy to make, but it also turned out light and crisp, very much like a sablé.   Feifei Cui-Paoluzzo/Moment/GettyImages

• Sable cookies - these delicate, crumbly cookies hail from France and are delicious plain or sandwiched with jam.
• She served rich chocolate mousse atop a buttery sable biscuit.
• These classic Breton cookies are called sablés, which refers to their sandy texture, due to a high proportion of butter (and egg yolks) in them.

Biscuits

• amaretto
• animal cracker
• Anzac biscuit
• baked goods
• bannock
• cracknel
• cream cracker
• crispbread
• crumb
• custard cream
• macaroon
• millionaire's shortbread
• misshape
• oatcake
• oyster cracker
• shortcake
• snickerdoodle
• soda cracker
• sponge finger
• sports bar

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sable | American Dictionary

sablenoun [ C ] us /ˈseɪ·bəl/ plural sables or sable Add to word list Add to word list a small animal from cold regions that has very soft, dark brown fur, or the fur of this animal used esp. to make expensive coats (Definition of sable from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of sable

sable Sables are known to live in the piedmont forest region of the reserve. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sables can interbreed with pine martens. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sable and eland present in limited numbers, no buffalo. From the Cambridge English Corpus Sable, waterbuck, buffalo and elephant country. From the Cambridge English Corpus Do we not go from pale and pink down to dark and sable? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He went to the coalface to batter at the grimy rock, and he thought of all those pampered ones sleeping in what he described as the "midnight sable gloom". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Eland, sable and roan antelopes are found in large numbers, and its marshy lakes have a large population of hippos and crocodiles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their coat is long and either flat or slightly wavy, and ranges from fawn to dark sable and light to dark grey. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Even more expensive are red sable brushes (weasel hair). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A mask is visible in conjunction with a variety of coat patterns, such as tan points and sable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Such mammals as wild boar, wolf, wild cat, badger, sable, fox, etc. populate this reserve. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She just doesn't know how she can be seen if she isn't wearing a new sable coat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The coat of arms of the district is "gules, an annulet sable" a black ring on a red background. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wildlife includes wild goats, bears, lynx and sable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Occasionally, hunters also followed sable tracks to their burrows, around which they placed nets, and waited for the sable to emerge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of sable These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of sable, sablé?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 動物, 紫貂，黑貂, 紫貂皮… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 动物, 紫貂，黑貂, 紫貂皮… See more in Spanish marta, sable, color sable… See more in Portuguese zibelina, marta-zibelina, sable… See more in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian zibeline, martre, (de) zibeline… See more samur, samur (kürkü)… See more sabeldier, sabelbont… See more sobol, sobol(í)… See more zobel, zobelpels, zobel-… See more sebangsa musang, kulitnya… See more สัตวสี่เท้าเลี้ยงลูกด้วยนมคล้ายแมวจำพวก Martes zibellina, หนังขนสัตว์สี่เท้าเลี้ยงลูกด้วยนมจำพวก Martes zibellina… See more chồn zibêlin, bút vẽ bằng lông chồn Zibêlin… See more soból, sobole… See more sobel, sobelhår, sobelskinn… See more sabel, bulu sabel… See more der Zobel, das Zobelfell, Zobel-…… See more sobel, sobelpels/-skinn… See more соболь, соболеве хутро… See more Need a translator?

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