snakeskin
/ˈsneɪkˌskɪn/
snakeskin noun: the hide of a snake, used as leather.
Noun
snakeskin (countable and uncountable, plural snakeskins)
Adjective
snakeskin (not comparable)
- Made of snakeskin.
- Sort of dago fellow; leads the orchestra down at the Winter Gardens ... You know the sort, all lah-di-dah and snakeskin shoes.1932, Dorothy L Sayers, chapter 10, in Have His Carcase
snakeskin meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
snakeskin in Tamil
- skin of a snake
- சட்டை caṭṭai, பாம்புச்சட்டை pāmpuccaṭṭai, பாம்புத்தோல் pāmputtōl
snakeskin in Urdu
- snakeskin, specifically that which is sloughed off
- کینچلی kẽculī
snakeskin in Bengali
- সাপের চামড়া, সাপের চামড়া দিয়ে তৈরি
snakeskin in Malayalam
- skin of a snake
- പാമ്പിൻതോൽ pāmpiṉtōl
Forms of snakeskin
| plural | snakeskins |
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Origin of snakeskin
From snake + skin.
Questions about snakeskin
- What does snakeskin mean?
- Snakeskin means the hide of a snake, used as leather.
- What is snakeskin in Tamil?
- Snakeskin in Tamil is சட்டை (caṭṭai), பாம்புச்சட்டை (pāmpuccaṭṭai), பாம்புத்தோல் (pāmputtōl). See Snakeskin meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is snakeskin?
- Snakeskin can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce snakeskin?
- Snakeskin is pronounced /ˈsneɪkˌskɪn/.
- What is the plural of snakeskin?
- The plural of snakeskin is snakeskins.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: snakeskin (page history and authors); کینچلی (Urdu) (page history and authors); snakeskin (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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