leathery

C2 Topic:Animals
US /ˈlɛðəɹi/
adj Freq #45955

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.

    The beef jerky was tough and leathery.

  2. 2
    adj

    resembling or made to resemble leather

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · resembling or made to... coriaceous

Etymology

From leather + -y.

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