LEATHER
Dictionary entry overview: What does leather mean?
• LEATHER (noun)
The noun LEATHER has 1 sense:
1. an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
Familiarity information: LEATHER used as a noun is very rare.
• LEATHER (verb)
The verb LEATHER has 1 sense:
1. beat with a lather strap
Familiarity information: LEATHER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LEATHER (noun)
Meaning:
An animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("leather" is a kind of...):
animal skin (the outer covering of an animal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leather"):
piece of leather (a separate part consisting of leather)
glove leather (leather suitable for making gloves)
horsehide (leather from the hide of a horse)
kid; kidskin (soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat)
mocha (soft suede glove leather from goatskin)
morocco (a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc.)
patent leather (leather with a hard glossy surface)
pigskin (leather from the skin of swine)
fleece; sheepskin (tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing)
shoe leather (leather used to make shoes)
suede; suede leather (leather with a napped surface)
doeskin (soft leather from deerskin or lambskin)
deerskin (leather from the hide of a deer)
crush; crushed leather (leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated)
alligator (leather made from alligator's hide)
buckskin (a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin)
buff (a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen)
ooze leather (a very soft leather made from the skins of calves and having a suede finish on the flesh side)
Russia leather (a smooth leather tanned with willow, birch, or oak, and scented on the flesh side with birch oil)
calf; calfskin (fine leather from the skin of a calf)
whit leather; white leather (a leather that has been treated with alum and/or salt)
chammy; chammy leather; chamois; chamois leather; shammy; shammy leather (a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin)
cordovan (a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain)
cowhide; cowskin (leather made from the hide of a cow)
roan (a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding)
• LEATHER (verb)
Meaning:
Beat with a lather strap
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "leather" is one way to...):
flog; lash; lather; slash; strap; trounce; welt; whip (beat severely with a whip or rod)
Sentence frame:
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