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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Laminate

/lămʹĭ-nāt/ · Lam·i·nate · IPA /ˈlæmɪneɪt/
01 a. Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
  1. 1.
    Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
02 v. t. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
imp. & p. p. Laminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Laminating
  1. 1.
    To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
  2. 2.
    To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
03 v. i. To separate into laminae.
  1. 1.
    To separate into laminae.