Leather - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈleðər|  American pronunciation of the word leather
Brit.  |ˈleðə|  British pronunciation of the word leather

noun

- an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning

verb

- whip with a leather strap

Extra examples

...the company claims to use only the finest leathers for its shoes and handbags...

...this jacket was made from real leather...

...an expert rider will find almost no reason to leather a horse...

He kept leathering on at his dissertation.

The inside of the bag was lined with soft leather.

The feel of old leather

He tooled a design on the leather belt.

The oil is used to soften and preserve the leather.

...enlaced the strips of leather to create a decorative headband...

Because the leather is pliable, it's easy to work with.

He carried his money in a small leather pouch in his pocket.

Here's the scoop on how to clean leather.

...a sofa upholstered in sham leather...

...the skirting on the saddle was a slightly darker shade of leather...

...at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades...

Word forms

noun
singular: leather
plural: leathers
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