skin
noun (NATURAL COVERING) /skɪn/Definition
B1 [C or U] the natural outer layer that covers a person, animal, fruit, etc.: dark/fair/pale/tanned skin skin cancer Babies have soft skins. Native Americans used to trade skins (= the skins of animals that have been removed from the body, with or without the hair). a banana/potato skinThe skin, hair and bone of non-human animalsThe skin, and skin colourFruits and seeds and their parts -skin /-skɪn/ suffix › I've got an old sheepskin coat.The skin, hair and bone of non-human animals -skinned /-d/ suffix › pale-skinnedThe skin, hair and bone of non-human animalsFruits and seeds and their partsThe skin, and skin colour
(Definition of skin noun (NATURAL COVERING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- albino noun
- ashen adjective
- catch verb (BE TOUCHED BY)
- colour noun (APPEARANCE)
- colour noun (RACE)
- complexion noun (FACE)
- crevice noun
- florid adjective (RED)
- freckle-faced adjective
- gooseflesh noun
- pasty-faced adjective
- pore noun
- rubicund adjective
- seamed adjective
- sunburned adjective
- suntan noun
- tattoo noun (DECORATION)
- tattoo verb
- wizened adjective
- wrinkle noun (LINE)
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