Synonyms of the word sable


SABLEACHROMATIC - BLACK - BLACKNESS - BRUSH - EBONY - FUR - INKINESS - MARTEN - PELT - SCARF

sable

  • n. (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from…
  • n. (countable) The marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
  • n. (countable and uncountable) The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from…
  • n. (countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable (Wikipedia).
  • n. (heraldry) A black colour on a coat of arms.
  • n. (countable and uncountable) A black colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
  • n. (in the plural, sables) Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
  • adj. Of the black colour sable.
  • adj. (heraldry): In blazon, of the colour black.
  • adj. Made of sable fur.
  • adj. Dark, somber.

achromatic

  • adj. (optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
  • adj. Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion.
  • adj. (biology) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue.
  • adj. (music) Having only the diatonic notes of the scale; not modified by accidentals.
  • adj. Being achromatic in subject.

black

  • adj. (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
  • adj. (of a place, etc) Without light.
  • adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the…
  • adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups which have dark pigmentation of the skin.
  • adj. (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red (“of the hearts or diamonds suit”).
  • adj. Bad; evil; ill-omened.
  • adj. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.
  • adj. Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
  • adj. (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
  • adj. (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
  • adj. (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black"…
  • adj. (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare white (“said of a…
  • adj. (politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
  • adj. Relating to an initiative whose existence or exact nature must remain withheld from the general public.
  • n. (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light…
  • n. (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
  • n. (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
  • n. (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
  • n. (sometimes capitalised, countable) A person of African, Aborigine, or Maori descent; a dark-skinned person.
  • n. (billiards, snooker, pool, with the, countable) The black ball.
  • n. (baseball, countable) The edge of home plate.
  • n. (Britain, countable) a type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
  • n. (informal, countable) blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black).
  • n. (in chess and similar games, countable) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
  • n. (countable) Part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
  • n. (obsolete, countable) A stain; a spot.
  • v. To make black, to blacken.
  • v. To apply blacking to something.
  • v. (Britain) To boycott something or someone, usually as part of an industrial dispute.

blackness

  • n. (uncountable) The state, property or quality of being black.
  • n. (countable) The result or product of being black.

brush

  • n. An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle,…
  • n. A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary…
  • n. The act of brushing something.
  • n. (uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees (Wikipedia).
  • n. A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
  • n. The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
  • n. (zoology) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
  • n. (archaic) A short contest, or trial, of speed.
  • n. (music) An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
  • n. (computer graphics) An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
  • n. (video games) In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play…
  • n. (poker, slang) The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
  • n. (North Wisconsin, uncountable) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export,…
  • v. (transitive) To clean with a brush.
  • v. (transitive) To untangle or arrange with a brush.
  • v. (transitive) To apply with a brush.
  • v. (transitive) To remove with a sweeping motion.
  • v. (transitive) To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
  • v. (intransitive) To clean one's teeth by brushing them.

ebony

  • n. (uncountable) A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of…
  • n. (countable) A tree that yields such wood.
  • n. (countable and uncountable) A deep, dark black colour.
  • n. (slang, countable) A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument.
  • adj. Made of ebony wood.
  • adj. A deep, dark black colour.
  • adj. Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.

fur

  • n. Hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick.
  • n. Hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
  • n. A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
  • n. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
  • n. (heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
  • n. A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
  • n. (vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
  • n. (vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
  • v. (transitive) To cover with fur.
  • conj. Eye dialect spelling of for, representing African American Vernacular English.
  • prep. Eye dialect spelling of for, representing African American Vernacular English.

inkiness

  • n. The condition of being inky.

marten

  • n. Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes in the family Mustelidae.
  • n. Archaic form of martin (the bird).

pelt

  • n. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly…
  • n. The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.
  • n. (humorous) Human skin.
  • v. (transitive) To bombard, as with missiles.
  • v. (transitive) To throw; to use as a missile.
  • v. (intransitive) To rain or hail heavily.
  • v. (intransitive) To throw out words.
  • v. (transitive) To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
  • v. To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
  • n. A blow or stroke from something thrown.

scarf

  • n. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
  • n. A headscarf.
  • n. (dated) A neckcloth or cravat.
  • v. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
  • v. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
  • n. A type of joint in woodworking.
  • n. A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
  • n. A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
  • v. To shape by grinding.
  • v. To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent…
  • v. To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
  • v. (transitive, US, slang) To eat very quickly.
  • n. (Scotland) A cormorant.

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