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Meaning of sable

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sable
      adj 1: of a dark somewhat brownish black
      n 1: an artist's brush made of sable hairs [syn: {sable}, {sable
           brush}, {sable's hair pencil}]
      2: the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
      3: a very dark black [syn: {coal black}, {ebony}, {jet black},
         {pitch black}, {sable}, {soot black}]
      4: a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
      5: marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown
         fur [syn: {sable}, {Martes zibellina}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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