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SABLE BRUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sable brush mean?
• SABLE BRUSH (noun)
The noun SABLE BRUSH has 1 sense:
1. an artist's brush made of sable hairs
Familiarity information: SABLE BRUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An artist's brush made of sable hairs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
sable; sable's hair pencil; sable brush
Hypernyms ("sable brush" is a kind of...):
brush (an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sable brush"):
rigger; rigger brush (a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists)
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