ermine

ermine is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.
2. noun. The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white.
3. noun. By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain.
4. noun. One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)
5. transitive verb. To clothe with, or as with, ermine.
6. noun. mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat
7. noun. the expensive white fur of the ermine

Common word forms

ermined, ermines, ermining

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