leathery
/ˈlɛðəɹi/
leathery adjective: having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.
Adjective
leathery (comparative more leathery or leatherier, superlative most leathery or leatheriest)
- Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.
- 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).1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York...
leathery meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam
leathery in Hindi
- leathery
- कठोर kaṭhor
leathery in Urdu
- leathery
- کٹھور kaṭhōr
leathery in Malayalam
- rugged, rough, wrinkled
- തുകൽപോലെയുള്ള, പരുക്കനായ, ആകുലിത, മിനുസമില്ലാത്ത, നിരപ്പില്ലാത്ത, ചുളിവുള്ള
- hard, tough, gristly
- തോലുപോലെയുള്ള, കടുപ്പള്ളമുള്ള, ഉറപ്പുള്ള, വഴങ്ങാത്ത, മയമില്ലാത്ത, കട്ടിയുള്ള
Examples of leathery in a sentence
- In the distance creatures on leathery wings kited across the sky, lofted by thermal winds.
- The bird comes cartwheeling out of the forest in a flurry of feathers and leathery wings.
- I looked straight into a big, leathery black face surrounded by brown fur.
Forms of leathery
| comparative | more leathery |
|---|---|
| comparative | leatherier |
| superlative | most leathery |
| superlative | leatheriest |
Origin of leathery
From leather + -y.
Words formed from leathery
Phrases with leathery
Questions about leathery
- What does leathery mean?
- Leathery means having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.
- What is leathery in Hindi?
- Leathery in Hindi is कठोर (kaṭhor). See Leathery meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is leathery?
- Leathery is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce leathery?
- Leathery is pronounced /ˈlɛðəɹi/.
Words near leathery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: leathery (page history and authors); कठोर (Hindi) (page history and authors); کٹھور (Urdu) (page history and authors); leathery (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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