Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.

    Leder

    ко́жаkóža

    шкі́раškíra

  2. (countable, uncountable)A piece of the above used for polishing.

  3. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)A cricket ball or football.

  4. (countable, plural, uncountable)Clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A good defensive play

    Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A punch.

  7. (countable, dated, humorous, uncountable)The skin.

More definitions
  • an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning

Examples

206 sentences
  1. Tom wanted to buy a leather belt.

    Том хотів купити шкіряний ремінь.

    ruТом хотел купить кожаный ремень.

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  2. She gave me a bag made of leather.

    Вона дала мені шкіряну сумку

    ruОна дала мне сумку, сделанную из кожи.

    deSie gab mir eine Tasche aus Leder.

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  3. He buys and sells leather goods.

    Він купує і продає шкіряні товари.

    ruОн покупает и продаёт изделия из кожи.

    deEr handelt mit Lederwaren.

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  4. Tom refuses to buy anything made of leather.

    Том відмовляється купувати будь-які шкіряні вироби.

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  5. It's made of leather.

    Це зі шкіри.

    ruЭто из кожи.

    deDas ist aus Leder.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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material produced by tanning animal skin:
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material produced by tanning animal skin:
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material produced by tanning animal skin:

Origin

From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *

From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro- (“skin, hide”).

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