laminate

[verb lam-uh-neyt; adjective, noun lam-uh-neyt, -nit]

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verb (used with object), lam·i·nat·ed, lam·i·nat·ing.

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), lam·i·nat·ed, lam·i·nat·ing.

to split into thin layers.

adjective

Also laminous. composed of or having laminae.

noun

a laminated product; lamination.

Origin of laminate

From the New Latin word lāminātus, dating back to 1660–70. See lamina, -ate¹

Related formslam·i·na·tor, nounmul·ti·lam·i·nate, adjectivenon·lam·i·na·ting, adjective, noun

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Related Words for laminate

plate, layer, separate, coat, flake, face, foil, split, exfoliate, stratify, veneer, foliate

Examples from the Web for laminate

Contemporary Examples of laminate

Nothing screams "seventies" like avocado, or "eighties condo" like that all-white kitchen with the laminate cabinet doors.
Beyond Stainless
Megan McArdle
October 19, 2012

Historical Examples of laminate

They are even thinner than wafers; and some dozens, being folded in a roll, constitute the laminate composition before mentioned.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX
Various
The endochrome consists of two laminate chromatophores, one on each valve.
The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity
Charles Sumner Boyer
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.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889
Various
The ribands are first of all passed cold through the cylinders; but the brass soon becomes too hard to laminate.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for laminate

laminate

verb (ˈlæmɪˌneɪt)

(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 (ˈlæmɪˌneɪt, -nɪt)

a material made by bonding together two or more sheets

adjective (ˈlæmɪˌneɪt, -nɪt)

having or composed of lamina; laminated

Derived Formslaminable (ˈlæmɪnəbəl), adjectivelaminator, noun

Word Origin for laminate

C17: from New Latin lāminātus plated

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Word Origin and History for laminate

1660s, "to beat or roll into thin plates," from Latin lamina "thin piece of metal or wood, thin slice, plate, leaf, layer," of unknown origin. Many modern senses are from the noun meaning "an artificial thin layer" (1939), especially a type of plastic adhesive. Related: Laminated; laminating.