Sable
noun
A small carnivorous mammal from Europe and Asia that is valued for its fur.
The hunter stalked the sable through the winter wilderness.
Often appears as...
- sable fur
- elusive sable
adjective
Black color, usually used in heraldry or when describing fur.
The knight's sable shield was unblemished after the battle.
Often appears as...
- sable coat
- sable hair
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The fur of the sable mammal, usually used in making coats or trimmings.
She wrapped herself in the luxurious sable coat against the cold.
Often appears as...
- luxurious sable
- sable trim
noun
A small carnivorous mammal from Europe and Asia that is valued for its fur.
The hunter stalked the sable through the winter wilderness.
Often appears as...
- sable fur
- elusive sable
adjective
Black color, usually used in heraldry or when describing fur.
The knight's sable shield was unblemished after the battle.
Often appears as...
- sable coat
- sable hair
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The fur of the sable mammal, usually used in making coats or trimmings.
She wrapped herself in the luxurious sable coat against the cold.
Often appears as...
- luxurious sable
- sable trim
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Valuable Fur
Sable is prized for its fur, often indicating luxury or wealth when mentioned.
The aristocrat's cloak lined with sable showed off her wealth.
Pro Tip 2/3Hunting Context
Sables are hunted, so the word can imply wildlife, hunting activities or conservation issues.
Conservationists are working to protect the sable from poachers.
Pro Tip 3/3Endangered Species
Sable populations are threatened, so it can carry an environmental concern tone.
As an endangered species, the sable requires legal protection.
Pro Tip 1/3Valuable Fur
Sable is prized for its fur, often indicating luxury or wealth when mentioned.
The aristocrat's cloak lined with sable showed off her wealth.
Pro Tip 2/3Hunting Context
Sables are hunted, so the word can imply wildlife, hunting activities or conservation issues.
Conservationists are working to protect the sable from poachers.
Pro Tip 3/3Endangered Species
Sable populations are threatened, so it can carry an environmental concern tone.
As an endangered species, the sable requires legal protection.
Pro Tip 1/3Valuable Fur
Sable is prized for its fur, often indicating luxury or wealth when mentioned.
The aristocrat's cloak lined with sable showed off her wealth.
Pro Tip 2/3Hunting Context
Sables are hunted, so the word can imply wildlife, hunting activities or conservation issues.
Conservationists are working to protect the sable from poachers.
Pro Tip 3/3Endangered Species
Sable populations are threatened, so it can carry an environmental concern tone.
As an endangered species, the sable requires legal protection.
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Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
kind of rusty color on the left and then that more normal watercolor on the right so as they get a little bit bigger so they start to kind of fade a little bit which is opposite to a lot of the other young animals a lot of other younger animals start off quite lights and then darken up if you think of wildebeest in particular in sable as well they start
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Safari Live - Day 31 PIPE...
can't myself very lucky to have seen those odd fox pangolins various other animals that are considered rare I've even seen a sable in the sabi sands so the only thing that I have not seen as a caracal and it drives me crazy because I tried to look for them everywhere as far
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Safari Live - Day 42 PIPE...
reasons whether they need vet treatment whether it's because they need they need some sort of help in some way or to be relocated a lot of my work has been in that area rhino elephant cheetah lions sable draft James book Brown hyena spotted hyena
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Giant Trout PIPE National...
inches oh now that's a that's a timing just a huge fish you know they've eaten muskrats at this size they've eaten sable and in Russia one need a small dog supposedly yeah one they found washed up there to having eaten a small dog
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Safari Live - Day 269 PIPE...
would be exciting a sable antelope is about the same size as a water buck but it is jet black in color and particularly the male's the females actually a sort of a brownish color and rather than having these backwards
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Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
Gareth trick question where is the base area to see sable I've I'm lucky there any time I have luck is when it comes to seeing sable so I've actually seen them around Bergen doll likeness I said I've
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4 Powerful Poems about...
lived to this immeasurable lightness. The density of black starts to blur umber. Tentative, a cardinal's coloratura, then the mourning dove's elegy. Sable glimmers toward grey;
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Safari Live - Day 162 PIPE...
clearly see the intention see I tests with the leg underneath quite characteristic for water buck a lot of other species do it as well such as sable Android antelope
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Best Snow Animals PIPE Top...
guinea pig the cameras have captured other animals scavenging Rivera's kill sable a type of
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Siberian Tiger Kill PIPE...
the cameras have captured other animals scavenging Rivera's kill sable a type of
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
kind of rusty color on the left and then that more normal watercolor on the right so as they get a little bit bigger so they start to kind of fade a little bit which is opposite to a lot of the other young animals a lot of other younger animals start off quite lights and then darken up if you think of wildebeest in particular in sable as well they start
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 31 PIPE...
can't myself very lucky to have seen those odd fox pangolins various other animals that are considered rare I've even seen a sable in the sabi sands so the only thing that I have not seen as a caracal and it drives me crazy because I tried to look for them everywhere as far
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 42 PIPE...
reasons whether they need vet treatment whether it's because they need they need some sort of help in some way or to be relocated a lot of my work has been in that area rhino elephant cheetah lions sable draft James book Brown hyena spotted hyena
Video examples
Giant Trout PIPE National...
inches oh now that's a that's a timing just a huge fish you know they've eaten muskrats at this size they've eaten sable and in Russia one need a small dog supposedly yeah one they found washed up there to having eaten a small dog
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 269 PIPE...
would be exciting a sable antelope is about the same size as a water buck but it is jet black in color and particularly the male's the females actually a sort of a brownish color and rather than having these backwards
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
Gareth trick question where is the base area to see sable I've I'm lucky there any time I have luck is when it comes to seeing sable so I've actually seen them around Bergen doll likeness I said I've
Video examples
4 Powerful Poems about...
lived to this immeasurable lightness. The density of black starts to blur umber. Tentative, a cardinal's coloratura, then the mourning dove's elegy. Sable glimmers toward grey;
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 162 PIPE...
clearly see the intention see I tests with the leg underneath quite characteristic for water buck a lot of other species do it as well such as sable Android antelope
Video examples
Best Snow Animals PIPE Top...
guinea pig the cameras have captured other animals scavenging Rivera's kill sable a type of
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Siberian Tiger Kill PIPE...
the cameras have captured other animals scavenging Rivera's kill sable a type of
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Quote examples
Deborah Sampson
American Soldier
Happy for America, happy for Europe, perhaps for the world when, on the delivery of Cornwallis's sword to the illustrious, the immortal Washington, or rather by his order, to the brave Lincoln, the sun of Liberty and Independence burst through a sable cloud, and his benign influence was, almost instantaneously, felt in our remotest corners!
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Sable
Sable was a character I played for three years, but I am Rena. It would be the same as if Sean Connery went through life being called James Bond.
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Ludwig Bemelmans
Austrian Author
Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress.
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Sable
Sable will always be a part of me, but it's not who I am.
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Deborah Sampson
American Soldier
Happy for America, happy for Europe, perhaps for the world when, on the delivery of Cornwallis's sword to the illustrious, the immortal Washington, or rather by his order, to the brave Lincoln, the sun of Liberty and Independence burst through a sable cloud, and his benign influence was, almost instantaneously, felt in our remotest corners!
Quote examples
Sable
Sable was a character I played for three years, but I am Rena. It would be the same as if Sean Connery went through life being called James Bond.
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Ludwig Bemelmans
Austrian Author
Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress.
Quote examples
Sable
Sable will always be a part of me, but it's not who I am.
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