Definitions for mink

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IPA: /mɪŋk/

Mink is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in mink (ikmn).

Definitions for mink

noun

1. a semiaquatic weasellike animal of the genus Mustela, especially the North American M. vison.
2. the fur of this animal, brownish in the natural state and having lustrous outside hairs and a thick, soft undercoat.
3. a coat, stole, etc., made of this fur.

Origin of mink

1425-75; late Middle English, of uncertain origin

Examples for mink

One 1918 example, in wispy silk chiffon and lace is even trimmed in mink!

But when, a few hours later, he heard that mink had disappeared he was indignant.

Then he will return to the Great Lake and trap the marten and the mink.

Jake had a gun, and mink is able to prove that he shot in self-defense.

How cold does it have to be to justify one of their mink dresses?

mink was not in sight, but the barkeeper stood rigidly on duty.

This past January, the idea of mink came to Choi—the concept, from thought to finished product, took roughly a month.

mink is a dead shot, and probably wire-edged with whisky and expecting me.

I also told Aunt Belle to see about relining my mink cape and muff.

mink arose, but no sooner was he on his feet than his courage returned.