laminex

English

Alternative forms

• Laminex

Etymology

Proprietary name.

Noun

laminex (uncountable)

1. (Australia) A hard plastic laminate, used especially as a surfacing material. [from 20th c.]
   • 1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 7:

     It was furnished in early Laminex and the hideous conflict between the polystyrene beams with their regular moulded knot-holes and the wipe-down sterility of puke surfaces made for emotional astigmatism.

   • 2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 15:

     I laid the book on a laminex table that sat next to the meat safe […] and turned the cover.