suede leather
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3.7
- noun
- /sweɪd ˈlɛðər/
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cuero de ante
- She wore elegant shoes made of suede leather that complemented her dress perfectly.
Examples
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Okay, I see you-- you've been looking at the vehicle with the suede leather seats.
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Its violet and soft suede leather combo makes it versatile, complex, and sexy but not overpowering.
Blog text (32) -
She wore brown suede leather pants and a soft, ruffled blouse.
Fiction book (1996) -
The German label A Kind of Guise released a unique premium bomber jacket; the Seniors Suede Bomber Jacket is made from fine suede leather with an embroidered panel on the chest.
Blog text (8) -
The sofa is upholstered in soft suede leather, giving the living room a cozy feel.
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He decided to buy a jacket made from suede leather for the cooler months ahead.
Synonyms
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1.0
The skin of an animal made smooth and used to make items like shoes and bags
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4.1
A soft, fuzzy material like leather used for clothes and shoes
How Soft
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'suede' specifies a napped, velvety type and 'leather' is treated animal skin, so together they denote leather with a napped, velvety surface. This is a transparent, commonly attested compound (cross-linguistically similar patterns exist), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun suede leather may come from a French word meaning 'Sweden' because soft gloves from Sweden were made by rubbing the inside of animal skin until it became fuzzy. That's why suede came to mean the 'soft, velvety' surface of leather, and suede leather now means that kind of soft leather.