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laminate
[ verb lam-uh-neyt; adjective noun lam-uh-neyt, -nit ]
verb (used with object)
- to separate or split into thin layers.
- to form (metal) into a thin plate, as by beating or rolling.
- to construct from layers of material bonded together.
- to cover or overlay with laminae.
verb (used without object)
- to split into thin layers.
noun
- a laminated product; lamination.
laminate
/ ˈlæmɪnəbəl /
verb
- tr to make (material in sheet form) by bonding together two or more thin sheets
- to split or be split into thin sheets
- tr to beat, form, or press (material, esp metal) into thin sheets
- tr to cover or overlay with a thin sheet of material
noun
- a material made by bonding together two or more sheets
adjective
- having or composed of lamina; laminated
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Derived Forms
- laminable, adjective
- ˈlamiˌnator, noun
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Other Words From
- lami·nator noun
- multi·lami·nate adjective
- non·lami·nating adjective noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of laminate1
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Example Sentences
Nothing screams "seventies" like avocado, or "eighties condo" like that all-white kitchen with the laminate cabinet doors.
They are even thinner than wafers; and some dozens, being folded in a roll, constitute the laminate composition before mentioned.
Chromatophores laminate along the concave zone and the valves.
The endochrome consists of two laminate chromatophores, one on each valve.
Let us, however, laminate the core or subdivide it as far as possible, and we appear to have cut off this escape for the energy.
The ribands are first of all passed cold through the cylinders; but the brass soon becomes too hard to laminate.
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