What part of speech is leather?

Leather can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. leather is a verb, present, 1st person singular of leather (infinitive).
  • 2. leather is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. leather is a noun, singular of leathers.
  • 4. leather is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more leather
    most leather
  • Positive: leather 
  • Comparative: more leather
  • Superlative: most leather

What does leather mean?

Definitions

Adjective

leather - Made of leather.
leather - Referring to one who wears leather clothing motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots, especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.

Verb

leather - whip with a leather strap

Noun

leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning

Examples of leather

#   Sentence  
1. noun I came in for alterations (free, by the way) and told her about a stain I had on my new leather purse.
2. noun She immediately went to the back, brought out leather cleaner and cleaned my purse on the spot.
3. noun Good leather will wear for years.
4. noun What were the balls made of? Thousands of years ago, the Egyptians made balls out of soft leather or cloth.
5. noun They were made of rough brown leather.
6. noun The leather jacket has worn out at the elbows.
7. noun The shop carried leather goods.
8. noun The shoes were made of some soft stuff that looked like leather.
9. noun The leather jacket has worn out at the elbow.
10. noun A pair of leather gloves is a must when you work with these machines.
11. noun The other day he bought a wallet made of kangaroo leather for me.
12. noun This bag is made of leather.
13. noun This steak is as tough as shoe leather.
14. noun We don't carry leather goods.
15. noun The shoes are made of leather.
Sentence  
noun
I came in for alterations (free, by the way) and told her about a stain I had on my new leather purse.
She immediately went to the back, brought out leather cleaner and cleaned my purse on the spot.
Good leather will wear for years.
What were the balls made of? Thousands of years ago, the Egyptians made balls out of soft leather or cloth.
They were made of rough brown leather.
The leather jacket has worn out at the elbows.
The shop carried leather goods.
The shoes were made of some soft stuff that looked like leather.
The leather jacket has worn out at the elbow.
A pair of leather gloves is a must when you work with these machines.
The other day he bought a wallet made of kangaroo leather for me.
This bag is made of leather.
This steak is as tough as shoe leather.
We don't carry leather goods.
The shoes are made of leather.

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