leather: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 10 letter points · starts with L · ends with R
Meaning of leather
noun
- 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.
- countable, uncountable
A piece of the above used for polishing.
- colloquial, countable, uncountable
A cricket ball or football.
- countable, plural, uncountable
clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
Listed forms: leathers.
Source: Wiktionary — leather.
adj
- not-comparable
Made of leather.
- not-comparable
Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.
- not-comparable
Referring to an establishment of familial relations through agreed sexual or romantic deviance.
Source: Wiktionary — leather.
verb
- transitive
To cover with leather.
- ambitransitive
To form a leathery surface (on).
- transitive
To strike forcefully.
Example: He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
- transitive
To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.
Listed forms: leathers, leathering, leathered.
Source: Wiktionary — leather.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is leather in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of leather
L(1) + E(1) + A(1) + T(1) + H(4) + E(1) + R(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of leather
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from leather
112 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in leather. Showing up to 24, longest first.