LAMINATE

laminate

(noun) a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers

laminate

(verb) split (wood) into thin sheets

laminate

(verb) cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material; “laminate the table”

laminate

(verb) press or beat (metals) into thin sheets

laminate

(verb) create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

laminate (third-person singular simple present laminates, present participle laminating, simple past and past participle laminated)

To assemble from thin sheets glued together.

We'll laminate the piece of wood with grain going in different directions to make a really strong hull for the boat.

To cover something flat, usually paper, in adhesive protective plastic.

To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.

To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

Noun

laminate (countable and uncountable, plural laminates)

Material formed of thin sheets glued together.

Adjective

laminate (not comparable)

Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

Anagrams

• Lamanite, amential, antimale, malanite

Source: Wiktionary


Lam"i*nate, a. Etym: [See Lamina.]

Definition: Consisting of, or covered with, laminæ, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

Lam"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Laminating.] Etym: [See Lamina.]

1. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

2. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.

Lam"i*nate, v. i.

Definition: To separate into laminæ.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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