laminate
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
laminate
n 1: a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or
layers
v 1: create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a
bonding material
2: press or beat (metals) into thin sheets
3: cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material; "laminate the
table"
4: split (wood) into thin sheets
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Laminate \Lam"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laminated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Laminating}.] [See {Lamina}.]
1. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide
into thin plates.
[1913 Webster]
2. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
[1913 Webster]
3. To form by uniting two or more layers (in sheet form) of a
material, so that the layers are bonded tightly; as,
plywood has at least three laminated layers.
[PJC]
4. 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]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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