leatherette, imitation leather
(noun) fabric made to look like leather
Source: WordNet® 3.1
leatherette (countable and uncountable, plural leatherettes)
(countable, uncountable, also, attributively) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.
Synonym: pleather
(countable, slang) A person who dresses in leather or imitation leather.
Source: Wiktionary
Leath"er*et, Leath`er*ette", n. Etym: [Leather + et, F. -ette.]
Definition: An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
