mink vs sash

mink

noun
  • An article of clothing made of mink. 

  • The fur or pelt of a mink, used to make apparel. 

  • (plural minks) An individual with poor personal hygiene; a smelly person. 

  • Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola). 

sash

noun
  • A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist. 

  • A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows. 

  • The opening part (casement) of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window. 

  • The rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate. 

  • A window-like part of a fume hood which can be moved up and down in order to create a barrier between chemicals and people. 

  • A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions. 

verb
  • To adorn with a sash. 

  • To furnish with a sash. 

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