leathery.

Having the toughness, flexibility, or texture of leather.

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Words that belong together

• leathery skin
• a leathery leaf
• leathery meat

On the page

His leathery hands closed gently around the fragile cup.

The plant retained its leathery leaves through the dry season.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative leatherier; superlative leatheriest; more and most leathery also occur. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.