SHAMMY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin

Synonyms:

chammy; chammy leather; chamois; chamois leather; shammy; shammy leather

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("shammy" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shammy"):

wash leather (piece of chamois used for cleaning and polishing)

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