{
    "term": "leather",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/cl/clothes_coats.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "material made by removing the hair or fur from animal skins and preserving the skins using special processes",
            "sensetop": "in leather",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **leather jacket**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The soles are made of leather."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a leather-bound book"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm looking for a pair of boots in dark brown leather.",
                    "contextForm": "in leather"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each volume is bound in genuine leather."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The leather has been treated with wax."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a coat made from buffalo leather"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cracked leather belt"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["thick", "thin", "soft"],
                "verb + leather": ["tan", "treat", "polish"],
                "leather + verb": ["crack"],
                "leather + noun": ["belt", "boots", "chaps"],
                "preposition": ["in leather", "in leathers"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "clothes made from leather, especially those worn by people riding motorcycles",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a biker in black leathers"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["thick", "thin", "soft"],
                "verb + leather": ["tan", "treat", "polish"],
                "leather + verb": ["crack"],
                "leather + noun": ["belt", "boots", "chaps"],
                "preposition": ["in leather", "in leathers"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "as quickly as possible",
            "labels": "(British English, old-fashioned, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to ride hell for leather"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈleðə(r)/",
                "audio": "le/leather/leather__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈleðər/",
                "audio": "le/leather/leather__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English lether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leder, from an Indo-European root shared by Irish leathar and Welsh lledr."
}