| Main Entry: |
skin |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
outer covering, especially of animate being |
Synonyms: |
bark, carapace, case, casing, coating, crust, cutis, derma, dermis, epidermis,
fell,
film, fur,
hide, hull, husk, integument, jacket, membrane,
outside, parchment,
peel, pelt, rind, sheath, sheathing,
shell, shuck, slough,
surface, tegument, vellum
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| Notes: |
skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
Antonyms: |
body, core, interior, middle
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