leather

noun

/ˈleðə(r)/

/ˈleðər/

Idioms

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[uncountable] material made by removing the hair or fur from animal skins and preserving the skins using special processes
- a leather jacket
- The soles are made of leather.
- a leather-bound book
- in leather I'm looking for a pair of boots in dark brown leather.
see also chamois (2), patent leather, pleather
Extra Examples
- Each volume is bound in genuine leather.
- The leather has been treated with wax.
- a coat made from buffalo leather
- a cracked leather belt
Topics Clothes and Fashionb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- thick
- thin
- soft
- …
verb + leather
- tan
- treat
- polish
- …
leather + verb
- crack
leather + noun
- belt
- boots
- chaps
- …
preposition
- in leather
- in leathers
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leathers
[plural] clothes made from leather, especially those worn by people riding motorcycles
- a biker in black leathers
Topics Clothes and Fashionb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- thick
- thin
- soft
- …
verb + leather
- tan
- treat
- polish
- …
leather + verb
- crack
leather + noun
- belt
- boots
- chaps
- …
preposition
- in leather
- in leathers
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Word OriginOld English lether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leder, from an Indo-European root shared by Irish leathar and Welsh lledr.

Idioms

hell for leather

(British English, old-fashioned, informal) as quickly as possible
- to ride hell for leather

单词	leather
释义	leather noun /ˈleðə(r)/ /ˈleðər/ Idioms jump to other results enlarge image [uncountable] material made by removing the hair or fur from animal skins and preserving the skins using special processes a leather jacket The soles are made of leather. a leather-bound book in leather I'm looking for a pair of boots in dark brown leather. see also chamois (2), patent leather, pleather Extra Examples Each volume is bound in genuine leather. The leather has been treated with wax. a coat made from buffalo leather a cracked leather belt Topics Clothes and Fashionb1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective thick thin soft … verb + leather tan treat polish … leather + verb crack leather + noun belt boots chaps … preposition in leather in leathers See full entry leathers [plural] clothes made from leather, especially those worn by people riding motorcycles a biker in black leathers Topics Clothes and Fashionb1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective thick thin soft … verb + leather tan treat polish … leather + verb crack leather + noun belt boots chaps … preposition in leather in leathers See full entry Word OriginOld English lether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leder, from an Indo-European root shared by Irish leathar and Welsh lledr. Idioms hell for leather (British English, old-fashioned, informal) as quickly as possible to ride hell for leather
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