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naugahyde

naugahyde is the alternative letter-case form of Naugahyde.

Noun capitalized: Naugahyde

Naugahyde (uncountable)

  1. An artificial leather made with a knit fabric backing and PVC coating.
    • The floor was of plain yellow tile, the chairs and sofa of what looked like light green Naugahyde.1990, Robert Klitgaard, Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa

Forms of naugahyde

alternative formnaugahyde
alternative formnaugahide

Origin of naugahyde

A marketing coinage of the 1930s, from Naugatuck, Connecticut, where it was first produced, and hide; it was humorously marketed as being the skin of an animal called a Nauga.

Words formed from naugahyde

Questions about naugahyde

What does naugahyde mean?
Naugahyde means an artificial leather made with a knit fabric backing and PVC coating.
What is naugahyde the alternative letter-case form of?
Naugahyde is the alternative letter-case form of Naugahyde.
What part of speech is naugahyde?
Naugahyde is a noun.

Words near naugahyde in the dictionary

  1. naufrage
  2. naufrageous
  3. naufragous
  4. nauga
  5. naugahide
  6. naugahyde
  7. Naugatuck
  8. naught
  9. naughtier
  10. naughties
  11. naughtiest

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