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THICK SKIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thick skin mean?
• THICK SKIN (noun)
The noun THICK SKIN has 1 sense:
1. skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros)
Familiarity information: THICK SKIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("thick skin" is a kind of...):
cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)
Holonyms ("thick skin" is a part of...):
pachyderm (any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus)
Context examples
It is characterized by the presence of hard and thick skin.
(Harlequin Ichthyosis, NCI Thesaurus)
A thick skin of new ice showed that it had not been used for some time.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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