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adj
Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Material formed of thin sheets glued together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To assemble from thin sheets glued together to make a thicker sheet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To cover (something flat, usually paper) in adhesive protective plastic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To form (metal etc.) into a thin plate, as by rolling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lamination, sheet, flat solid
Narrower terms: plastic laminate, plywood, plyboard
verb
split (wood) into thin sheets
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Broader terms: cleave, split, rive
verb
cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cover
verb
press or beat (metals) into thin sheets
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Broader terms: flatten
verb
create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material
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Broader terms: produce, make, create
History
First attested in 1666; borrowed from New Latin laminātus, perfect passive participle of laminō (attested since the first quarter of the 16th century), from Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of metal/other material”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
Across languages
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
