Leather vs Leatherlike - What's the difference?
leather | leatherlike |
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
A piece of the above used for polishing.
(colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
(plural : leathers ) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
(baseball) A good defensive play
(dated, humorous) The skin.
Made of leather.
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Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
To cover with leather.
To strike forcefully.
As adjectives the difference between leather and leatherlike
is that leather is made of leather while leatherlike is resembling leather.As a noun leather
is a tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used eg for clothing.As a verb leather
is to cover with leather.leather
English
(wikipedia leather)Noun
- Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
Hyponyms
(types of leather) chagrin, cordovan, cordwain, galuchat, maroquin, morocco, morocco leather, shagreen, sharkskinDerived terms
*stirrup leather : the strap which hangs the stirrup from the saddle.Adjective
(-)Verb
(en verb)- He leathered the ball all the way down the street.