PLYWOOD

plywood, plyboard

(noun) a laminate made of thin layers of wood

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

plywood (usually uncountable, plural plywoods)

(uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.

(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.

Verb

plywood (third-person singular simple present plywoods, present participle plywooding, simple past and past participle plywooded)

(transitive) To fit or block up with plywood.

Source: Wiktionary



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10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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