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# mink

noun (a mink, mink or minks)

«mink» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A small, long, thin animal of the weasel family with dark brown fur, living near rivers and lakes and good at swimming and hunting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mink/#m1)
2. Its soft, shiny fur, made into expensive coats, or a coat made of it: «a mink coat». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mink/#m2)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons: the American mink escaped from fur farms in Britain and Ireland and now hunts water voles (like Ratty!) and birds, so it is a problem for river wildlife. Many people think killing animals for fur is cruel; fur farming is now banned in the UK and some other countries. The Wind in the Willows has stoats, weasels and ferrets of the same family.

### Examples

- A mink slipped into the river and swam away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mink/#x1)
- American mink hunt water voles along British rivers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mink/#x2)
- The rich lady wore a mink coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mink/#x3)
- Fur farming of mink is banned in the UK. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mink/#x4)
- Mink are good swimmers and divers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mink/#x5)
- The mink has a thick, dark brown coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mink/#x6)
- There, just as he had hoped, he saw the chief mink fishing in a canoe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mink/#x7)

### Note

Plural: «mink» or «minks». Related to stoats, weasels, otters and ferrets (the mustelid family).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mink» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mink/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mink» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mink.html) on Mova free.