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Word: Leather
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English lether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leder, from an Indo-European root shared by Irish leathar and Welsh lledr
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈlɛðə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a material made from the skin of an animal by tanning or a similar process
Short Definition:material made from animal skin
Examples:- a leather jacket
Definition:
a piece of leather as a polishing cloth.
Short Definition:polishing cloth
Short Definition:
stirrup leather
Word: Leather
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈlɛðə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
beat or thrash (someone)
Short Definition:beat or thrash
Examples:- he caught me and leathered me black and blue
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