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plywood

[ plahy-wood ]

noun

  1. a material used for various building purposes, consisting usually of an odd number of veneers glued over each other, usually at right angles.


plywood

/ ˈplaɪˌwʊd /

noun

  1. a structural board consisting of an odd number of thin layers of wood glued together under pressure, with the grain of one layer at right angles to the grain of the adjoining layer


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Word History and Origins

Origin of plywood1

First recorded in 1905–10; ply 2 + wood 1

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Example Sentences

The graying and graffitied plywood that boarded up its windows had fallen or been pulled down.

In the van, we have a raised queen-sized plywood platform with a memory foam folding mattress on top.

Judging by the plywood, it’s shaping up to be an Election Day like no other.

From Fortune

A handful of Georgetown businesses requested plywood after Wednesday night’s events.

They’re ordering crowd-control barricades, plywood to board up windows, and putting contractors on standby so they’re available if needed.

From Quartz

Besides the tower, the only hard structure that I saw in July 2009 was a plywood shed filled with bottled water.

I found Shia LaBeouf sitting at another small plywood table.

After the grave was filled, the groundskeeping crew covered it with plywood.

FEMA recommends using permanent storm shutters or boarding up windows with plywood.

Despite their protective plywood embrace, the windows, walls, and doors began to scream.

Join the Navy and see the world through a piece of plywood nailed over a porthole.

We were fixing the floor, putting down some plywood on the floor.

Rick found a razor blade and anchored it to a rectangular piece of plywood he found in the woodshed.

Nagkalakung ang playwud, The plywood is curling up at the edges.

She was a plywood job, light, but the fastest bomber in the world.

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