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laminate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun laminate has 1 sense
- laminate(n = noun.artifact) Array - a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers; Array is a kind of lamination, flat solid, sheet
has parts: bed, layer
has particulars: plastic laminate, plyboard, plywood
Derived forms verb laminate4, verb laminate3, verb laminate2, verb laminate1
Verb laminate has 4 senses
- laminate(v = verb.creation) Array - create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material; Array is one way to create, make, produce
- laminate(v = verb.contact) Array - press or beat (metals) into thin sheets; Array is one way to flatten
- laminate(v = verb.contact) Array - cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material; "laminate the table" is one way to cover
- laminate(v = verb.contact) Array - split (wood) into thin sheets; Array is one way to cleave, rive, split
Derived forms noun lamina1, noun laminate1, noun lamination2, noun lamination1, noun laminator1
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun lamina1, noun laminate1
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun lamina1, noun laminate1, noun lamination2, noun lamination1
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun lamina1, noun laminate1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
laminate, a. [See Lamina.].
Consisting of, or covered with, laminæ, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated. [1913 Webster]
laminate, v. t. [See Lamina.].
- To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates. [1913 Webster]
- To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling. [1913 Webster]
- To form by uniting two or more layers (in sheet form) of a material, so that the layers are bonded tightly. [PJC]
- To unite (layers in sheet form) by bonding, so as to create a single object with multiple layers; -- used with the material in sheet form as the object; as, to laminate plywood. [PJC]
laminate, v. i.
To separate into laminæ. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
laminate, v., n., & adj.
--v.
1 tr. beat or roll (metal) into thin plates.
2 tr. overlay with metal plates, a plastic layer, etc.
3 tr. manufacture by placing layer on layer.
4 tr. & intr. split or be split into layers or leaves.
--n. a laminated structure or material, esp. of layers fixed together to form rigid or flexible material.
--adj. in the form of lamina or laminae.
--v.
1 tr. beat or roll (metal) into thin plates.
2 tr. overlay with metal plates, a plastic layer, etc.
3 tr. manufacture by placing layer on layer.
4 tr. & intr. split or be split into layers or leaves.
--n. a laminated structure or material, esp. of layers fixed together to form rigid or flexible material.
--adj. in the form of lamina or laminae.
Derivative
lamination n. laminator n.
Etymology
LAMINA + -ATE(2), -ATE(3)
THESAURUS
laminate
adhesive, arrange in layers, cast plastic, cellulose plastic, delaminate, desquamate, exfoliate, extruded plastic, flake, lay down, lay up, layer, molded plastic, molding compounds, plastic, polymer, protein plastic, resin plastic, scale, stratify, synthetic, synthetic fabric, synthetic rubber, thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic
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