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Word entry · 8 letters

leathery

Best crossword clue

"Tough and hide-like"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɛðəɹi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeehlrtyStarts with LEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1L2E3A4T5H6E7R8Y

Definitions

  1. resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable

Word origin

From leather + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • The beef jerky was tough and leathery.
  • The Agaricales have basidiocarps which are fleshy to subfleshy or rarely, almost leathery (but if the latter then the hymenophore is not poroid).
  • It is a staggering work, leathery and reliclike, with most of Pop Art embedded in its fragile surfaces.

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