leatherlike


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leatherlike

(ˈlɛðəˌlaɪk)
adj
resembling leather
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Adj.1.leatherlike - resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable
tough - resistant to cutting or chewing
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Ananas Anam, based at the Royal College of Art in London, uses pineapple leaf fibres to create a nonwoven leatherlike material called Pi[+ or -]atex and brands like Edun, the sustainable fashion label owned by LVMH Mo'ebt Hennessy Louis Vuitton, are creating items from it.
The phone is wrapped in a textured, leatherlike material and has a large, 21-megapixel lens jutting out of the back.
The press invites sent out for the April 28 event show the handset with a leatherlike finish so the LG G4 may come with an option for a leather backing.
There's been 3,120 Saturday bath nights since but soap has still not touched the hermit's leatherlike skin.
Making an incision in the scalp and removing a portion of the skull are still required; surgeons then place the electrode grids directly on the surface of the dura mater, a thin leatherlike membrane covering the brain.
JE: Yes, finding pictures through the manipulation of the medium, which he did from early on, like the amazing black-and-white picture, at MOMA--Painting [1948]--where the surface is leatherlike. The paint was applied as treacle, which flattened out.
The vulcanized compounds with up to 30% resin are rubber-like materials; with 30-50% resin they become leatherlike, and at still higher loadings become brittle.
Cut off tough, leatherlike skin from ham (if it has it) and score fat and meat in a crosshatch pattern.
The Sports man's Bible features a camouflage cover and supplementary essays on "God the Hunter" and "Setting Up a Ground Blind." The Veritas Journey Bible combines a compact edition of the New Living Translation with a TuTone LeatherLike purse styled after "such upscale brands as Coach, Dooney & Bourke, and Brighton."
Because of its leatherlike qualities, the microfiber Chamois leather is ideal for cleaning all smooth surfaces such as glass, mirrors, plastics, tiles, cermics, cars and computers.