suede
noun/sweɪd/
/sweɪd/
[uncountable]- soft leather with a surface like velvet on one side, used especially for making clothes and shoes
- a suede jacket
Oxford Collocations DictionarySuede is used before these nouns:- boot
- jacket
- shoe
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French (gants de) Suède ‘(gloves of) Sweden’.Want to learn more?
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