What does leathery mean?
Leathery means Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather..
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/ˈlɛðəɹi/ · adjective
Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather..
The beef jerky was tough and leathery.
The Agaricales have basidiocarps which are fleshy to subfleshy or rarely, almost leathery (but if the latter then the hymenophore is not poroid).
It is a staggering work, leathery and reliclike, with most of Pop Art embedded in its fragile surfaces.
Use leathery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Leathery means Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather..
Common synonyms include tough, coriaceous, leathered, leatherlike.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The beef jerky was tough and leathery.
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