Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.

    a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.

Examples

578 sentences

  1. He lives in Morocco.

    Він живе в Марокко. — Balamax

    ruОн живёт в Марокко. — Balamax

    deEr lebt in Marokko. — enteka

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  2. Algeria ignored Morocco's complaints.

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  3. Morocco's finances are a complete disaster.

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  4. Morocco is often synonymous of poverty.

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  5. Morocco is still a poor country.

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Origin

From the country name of Morocco, from which this leather was originally imported. Compare

From the country name of Morocco, from which this leather was originally imported. Compare maroquin.

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Forms

plural: moroccos
Singularmorocco
Pluralmoroccos

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
maroquinmorocco leather
Close in meaning
  • a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956:Kingdom of MoroccoMarocMarruecosAl-Magrib

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmoroccoed

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
moritamormonmorningA1morningsmoronmorosemorph
morocco — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto