mink

noun

ˈmiŋk 

plural mink or minks

1

: soft fur or pelt of the mink varying in color from white to dark brown

2

: either of two slender-bodied semiaquatic carnivorous mammals (Neogale vison of North America and Mustela lutreola of Eurasia) of the weasel family that have partially webbed feet, a rather short bushy tail, and a soft thick coat

Illustration of mink

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Examples of mink in a Sentence

a coat made of mink

women wearing expensive jewelry and minks

Recent Examples on the Web

Costello is shown living the good life on Central Park West, walking dogs decked out in miniature mink coats, including a pomeranian in a fur beret. —Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025

While Hathaway looked to Moncler for her XXL coat, Bieber and her stylist Dani Michelle found a floor-grazing faux mink coat from Ralph Lauren’s fall 1995 collection via vintage dealers The Reallist, which saw her through her last weeks of Aspen. —Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2025

Adding social services, mental health services and job training would go a long way toward helping far more people than banning mink coats. —Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025

Out stepped the Queen of Soul in a full-length mink coat. —David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for mink

• blink
• brink
• chink
• cinque
• clink
• dink
• drink
• fink
• hink
• ink
• kink
• klink

Kids Definition

mink

noun

ˈmiŋk 

plural mink or minks

: either of two flesh-eating mammals that resemble the related weasels, have a slender body, partly webbed feet, and a somewhat bushy tail, and live near water

also : the soft normally dark brown fur of a mink