Ermine and Fur

Ermine

Ermine noun - The expensive white fur of the ermine.
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Fur and ermine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fur" instead a noun "Ermine".

Nearby Word: Erminia

Fur

Fur noun - The outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value.
Usage example: furriers willing to pay good money for a lynx fur
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Ermine and fur are semantically related. You can use "Ermine" instead a noun "Fur".

Nearby Words: furry, furred

Both words in one sentence

  • Pretty in Mink In one episode, two ladies recall how jealous one was when the other got a white fur muff as a girl (the first girl even though it was ermine when it was a less expensive fur).
  • Fleur de Lis The French royalty paired this symbol with ermine, the fur of purity.* Insert joke about France and promiscuity here.
    Source: Fleur de Lis
  • Pretty in Mink The queen in Living Legends Frozen Beauty wears an ermine-trimmed cape, and you also see the ghosts of her victims, some of them wearing fur-trimmed dresses.
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