laminated

[lam-uh-ney-tid]

adjective

1. formed of or set in thin layers or laminae.

2. constructed of layers of material bonded together.

   laminated wood.

laminated

/ ˈlæmɪˌneɪtɪd /

adjective

1. composed of thin sheets (of plastic, wood, etc) superimposed and bonded together by synthetic resins, usually under heat and pressure

2. covered with a thin protective layer of plastic or synthetic resin

3. another word for laminate

Other Word Forms

• multilaminated adjective
• nonlaminated adjective
• unlaminated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of laminated¹

First recorded in 1660–70; laminate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Or the floating cabinetry units Soriano designed in place of walls, laminated in warm shades of lavender, mustard, orange and blue micarta.

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Lincoln Riley needs a laminated, and larger, play card that doesn’t self destruct, along with his team, in bad weather.

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These parents would cling to laminated PDFs that detailed every intricacy of their child’s case.

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Rows of laminated profiles lined the ground and walls.

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Pollmeier in Germany, for example, has BauBuche – a laminated veneer lumber, very thin layers of wood pressed and glued together – made using beech.

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