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ALL meanings of chamois

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  • countable noun chamois Chamois are small animals rather like goats that live in the mountains of Europe and South West Asia. 3
  • countable noun chamois A chamois or a chamois leather is a soft leather cloth used for cleaning and polishing. 3
  • noun chamois a sure-footed goat antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, inhabiting mountains of Europe and SW Asia, having vertical horns with backward-pointing tips 3
  • noun chamois a soft suede leather formerly made from the hide of this animal, now obtained from the skins of sheep and goats 3
  • noun chamois a piece of such leather or similar material used for polishing, etc 3
  • noun chamois a yellow to greyish-yellow colour 3
  • noun chamois (as modifier) 3
  • verb chamois to dress (leather or skin) like chamois 3
  • verb chamois to polish with a chamois 3
  • noun chamois a small goat antelope (Rupicapra rupicapra) of the mountains of Europe and the Caucasus, having straight horns with the tips bent backward 3
  • noun chamois a soft leather made from its skin or from the skin of sheep, deer, goats, etc. 3
  • noun chamois a piece of this leather, used as a polishing cloth 3
  • adjective chamois made of chamois 3
  • adjective chamois yellowish-brown 3
  • verb transitive chamois to polish with a chamois skin 3
  • noun chamois soft leather 1
  • noun chamois soft cleaning cloth 1
  • noun chamois small antelope 1
  • adjective chamois tan, beige in colour 1
  • noun chamois tan, beige colour 1
  • noun chamois An agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. 1
  • noun plural chamois an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas. 1
  • noun plural chamois a soft, pliable leather from any of various skins dressed with oil, especially fish oil, originally prepared from the skin of the chamois. 1
  • noun plural chamois a piece of this leather. 1
  • noun plural chamois a cotton cloth finished to simulate this leather. 1
  • noun plural chamois a medium to grayish yellow color. 1
  • verb with object chamois to dress (a pelt) with oil in order to produce a chamois. 1
  • verb with object chamois to rub or buff with a chamois. 1
  • noun chamois A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra. 0
  • noun chamois (Usually as “chamois leather”) Soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used). 0
  • noun chamois The traditional colour of chamois leather. 0
  • adjective chamois chamois-coloured. 0
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