laminate
See also: Laminate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of metal/other material”).
Pronunciation edit
- Verb: enPR: lămʹĭ-nāt, IPA(key): /ˈlæmɪneɪt/
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- Noun: enPR: lămʹĭ-nət, IPA(key): /ˈlæmɪnət/
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Verb edit
laminate (third-person singular simple present laminates, present participle laminating, simple past and past participle laminated)
- To assemble from thin sheets glued together.
- We'll laminate the piece of wood with grain going in different directions to make a really strong hull for the boat.
- To cover something flat, usually paper, in adhesive protective plastic.
- We laminated the printouts so we could use them as signage.
- To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
- To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
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To assemble from thin sheets
To сover in protective plastic
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Noun edit
laminate (countable and uncountable, plural laminates)
- Material formed of thin sheets glued together.
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Material formed of thin sheets
Adjective edit
laminate (not comparable)
- Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
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Etymology 1 edit
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laminate
- inflection of laminare:
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laminate f pl
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laminate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of laminar combined with te