noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation, US:/ˈplaɪwʊd/
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British, Southern, Standard:/ˈplɑjwɵd/
Australian, New-Zealand:/ˈplɑewʊd/
Northern-Ireland, Scotland:/ˈplaɪwʉd/
CMU ARPABET:P L AY1 W UH2 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
After the hurricane there was a severe regional shortage of plywood, especially exterior plywood.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A specific grade or type of this construction material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
Examples
We stock exterior plywoods, interior plywoods, and furniture plywoods.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To fit or block up with plywood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a laminate made of thin layers of wood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plyboard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laminate
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English ply Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *h1weydhh1- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h1)wéydh(h1)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Old English widu Old English wudu Middle English wode English wood English plywood From ply (“sheet”) + wood.
Across languages
Translations
92 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
kompensatë
— construction material
Arabic:
خَشَب رَقَائِقِيّ
(ḵašab raqāʔiqiyy)
— construction material
Arabic:
خَشَب مُعَاكِس
(ḵašab muʕākis)
— construction material
Arabic:
أبلكاش
— construction material
Arabic:
أبلكاش
(ʔablakāš)
— construction material
Armenian:
ֆաներ
(faner)
— construction material
Armenian:
ֆաներա
(fanera)
— construction material
Armenian:
նրբատախտակ
(nrbataxtak)
— construction material
Azerbaijani:
kontrplak
— construction material
Azerbaijani:
fanera
— construction material
Belarusian:
фане́ра
(fanjéra)
— construction material
Belarusian:
фанэ́ра
(fanéra)
— construction material
Bengali:
প্লাইউড
(plaiuḍ)
— construction material
Bulgarian:
шпе́рплат
(špérplat)
— construction material
Burmese:
သုံးထပ်သား
(sum:htapsa:)
— construction material
Burmese:
အထပ်သား
(a.htapsa:)
— construction material
Catalan:
contraplacat
— construction material
Chinese Mandarin:
合板
(hébǎn)
— construction material
Chinese Mandarin:
膠合板 /胶合板
(jiāohébǎn)
— construction material
Chinese Mandarin:
夾板 /夹板
(jiābǎn)
— construction material
Czech:
překližka
— construction material
Danish:
krydsfiner
— construction material
Dutch:
multiplex
— construction material
Estonian:
vineer
— construction material
Finnish:
vaneri
— construction material
French:
contreplaqué
— construction material
Georgian:
ფანერი
(paneri)
— construction material
Georgian:
ფირფიცარი
(pirpicari)
— construction material
German:
Sperrholz
— construction material
Greek:
κοντραπλακέ
(kontraplaké)
— construction material
Hebrew:
עץ סנדוויץ׳
— construction material
Hindi:
परतदार लकड़ी
(paratdār lakṛī)
— construction material
Hindi:
प्लाईवुड
(plāīvuḍ)
— construction material
Hungarian:
rétegeltlemez (fa)
— construction material
Hungarian:
furnérlemez
— construction material
Icelandic:
krossviður
— construction material
Indonesian:
kayu lapis
— construction material
Irish:
sraithadhmad
— construction material
Italian:
compensato
— construction material
Japanese:
合板
— construction material
Japanese:
ベニヤ板
(beniya ita)
— construction material
Japanese:
プライウッド
(puraiuddo)
— construction material
Kazakh:
фанера
(fanera)
— construction material
Khmer:
ក្តារបន្ទះ
(kdaa bɑɑbɑntĕəh)
— construction material
Korean:
합판
(hap'pan)
— construction material
Korean:
베니어판
(benieopan)
— construction material
Korean:
플라이우드
(peullaiudeu)
— construction material
Kyrgyz:
фанера
(fanera)
— construction material
Lao:
ໄມ້ອັດ
(mai ʼat)
— construction material
Latvian:
saplāksnis
— construction material
Lithuanian:
fanera
— construction material
Macedonian:
шперплоча
(šperploča)
— construction material
Malay:
papan lapis
— construction material
Māori:
papa tāpatupatu
— construction material
Marshallese:
būļāwūt
— construction material
Norwegian Bokmål:
kryssfiner
— construction material
Iranian Persian:
تَخْتِهٔ لایِه
(taxte-ye lâye)
— construction material
Iranian Persian:
تَخْتِهٔ سِهلایی
(taxte-ye se-lâyi)
— construction material
Polish:
sklejka
— construction material
Polish:
dykta
— construction material
Portuguese:
madeira compensada
— construction material
Portuguese:
compensado
— construction material
Portuguese:
contraplacado
— construction material
Romanian:
placaj
— construction material
Russian:
фане́ра
(fanéra)
— construction material
Scottish Gaelic:
fiodh-fillte
— construction material
Serbo-Croatian:
шпѐрплоча
— construction material
Serbo-Croatian:
špèrploča
— construction material
Sicilian:
lignu cumpinzatu
— construction material
Silesian:
szperplata
— construction material
Slovak:
preglejka
— construction material
Slovene:
vezana plošča
— construction material
Spanish:
contrachapado
— construction material
Spanish:
triplay
— construction material
Spanish:
contrachapeado
— construction material
Swedish:
plywood
— construction material
Swedish:
kryssfaner
— construction material
Tagalog:
tablasuson
— construction material
Tajik:
фанер
(faner)
— construction material
Thai:
ไม้อัด
(máai-àt)
— construction material
Turkish:
kontrplak
— construction material
Turkmen:
faner
— construction material
Ukrainian:
фане́ра
(fanéra)
— construction material
Urdu:
پِلائی وُڈ
(pilāī vuḍ)
— construction material
Uzbek:
faner
— construction material
Vietnamese:
ván ép
— construction material
Welsh:
pren haenog
— construction material
Finnish:
vaneri
— specific type or grade of this material
French:
contreplaqué
— specific type or grade of this material
Polish:
sklejka
— specific type or grade of this material
Polish:
dykta
— specific type or grade of this material
Scottish Gaelic:
fiodh-fillte
— specific type or grade of this material