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CHAMMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chammy mean?
• CHAMMY (noun)
The noun CHAMMY has 1 sense:
1. a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
Familiarity information: CHAMMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
chammy; chammy leather; chamois; chamois leather; shammy; shammy leather
Hypernyms ("chammy" 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 "chammy"):
wash leather (piece of chamois used for cleaning and polishing)
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