English abbreviation dictionary - mink
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~ n plural mink a very valuable brown fur used to make coats, hats etc, or the animal from which this fur is obtained ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(minks, or mink) 1. A mink is a small animal with highly valued fur. ...a proposal for a ban on the hunting of foxes, mink and hares. N-COUNT • Mink is the fur of a mink. ...a mink coat. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n 2. A mink is a coat or other garment made from the fur of a mink. Some people like to dress up in minks and diamonds. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century 1. soft fur or pelt of the ~ varying in color from white to dark brown 2. either of two slender-bodied semiaquatic carnivorous mammals (Mustela vison of North America and M. lutreola of Eurasia) of the weasel family that have partially webbed feet, a rather short bushy tail, and a soft thick coat ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 either of two small semi-aquatic stoatlike animals of the genus Mustela, M. vison of N. America and M. intreola of Europe. 2 the thick brown fur of these. 3 a coat made of this. Etymology: cf. Sw. m{auml}nk, menk ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1431, from a Scand. source. Used of fur earlier than of animal (cf. Swed. menk "a stinking animal in Finland"). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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