Definition of Laminate

1. Noun. A sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers.

Generic synonyms: Lamination, Flat Solid, Sheet
Terms within: Bed, Layer
Specialized synonyms: Plastic Laminate, Plyboard, Plywood

2. Verb. Create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material.
Generic synonyms: Create, Make, Produce
Derivative terms: Lamina, Lamination, Lamination, Laminator

3. Verb. Press or beat (metals) into thin sheets.
Generic synonyms: Flatten
Derivative terms: Lamina

4. Verb. Cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material. "Laminate the table"
Generic synonyms: Cover
Derivative terms: Lamina, Lamination, Lamination

5. Verb. Split (wood) into thin sheets.
Generic synonyms: Cleave, Rive, Split
Derivative terms: Lamina

Definition of Laminate

1. a. Consisting of, or covered with, laminæ, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

2. v. t. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

3. v. i. To separate into laminæ.

Definition of Laminate

1. Verb. To assemble from thin sheets glued together. ¹

2. Verb. To cover something flat, usually paper, in adhesive protective plastic. ¹

3. Noun. Material formed of thin sheets glued together. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Laminate

1. to compress into a thin plate [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laminate

laminaria
laminarian
laminarians
laminarias
laminaribiose
laminaribiose phosphorylase
laminarin
laminarins
laminarite
laminarites
laminarization
laminarize
laminarly
laminary
laminas
laminate (current term)
laminated
laminated clot
laminated cortex
laminated epithelial plug
laminated epithelium
laminated thrombus
laminates
laminating
lamination
laminations
laminator
laminators
laminectomies

Literary usage of Laminate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Math Centers: Take It to Your Seat, Grades 1-3 by Jill Norris (2002)
"laminate and cut out the geometric shapes on page 143. (Page 140 is reproducible if you ... laminate and cut out the task cards on pages 145, 147, and 149. ..."

2. Flying Lightness: Promises for Structural Elegance by Adriaan Beukers, Ed van Hinte (2005)
"... laminate geometry and stresses free edge : interface free edge Mechanism of stress transfer in a (±S)S laminate .h9 > iI/ - -t-3 Mechanism of stress ..."

3. Buckling of Bars, Plates, and Shells by Robert M. Jones (2006)
"Some engineers have tried to characterize laminates with effective laminate stiffnesses, Ex, Ey, vxy, and Gxy, and indeed such properties can be determined ..."

4. Polymer Composite Processing: Second Industry Workshop (1992)
"laminate Performance • The final task, laminate Performance, involves work in three areas: test method development, modeling, and failure mechanisms. ..."

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