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. See laminate
   another word for laminate

Other Words From

• multi·lami·nated adjective
• non·lami·nated adjective
• un·lami·nated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of laminated¹

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

Example Sentences

By August, the assembly here—made up of multiple groups advancing various projects and initiatives—developed a list of 24 demands, available to square visitors on laminated cards, that they say must be met before the square reopens.

From Time

To do that in the My Ranger 102 FR, Fischer built around its time-tested Air Tec TI wood core, which features channels of air between traditional vertically laminated wood.

From Outside Online

After 13 games -- and one day after assuring owner Arthur Blank he was staying in Atlanta -- Petrino quit to become coach at Arkansas, infamously informing Falcons players via laminated notes taped to their lockers.

From Washington Post

These full-bleed photos are even laminated which makes them waterproof and protects them from fingerprints.

From Popular-Science

Apidura’s Top Tube Pack is impeccably constructed from a lightweight, laminated waterproof fabric.

From Outside Online

Mandatory seat belts, laminated windshield glass, collapsible steering wheels and air bags followed.

From The Daily Beast

He even carried a laminated card in his breast pocket, with the names of his clients on it.

From The Daily Beast

In the North weapon-smiths who knew how to forge tempered or steel-laminated weapons were, if not unknown, at least very rare.

From Project Gutenberg

Wrought iron, while having similar chemical qualities, and often as much carbon, is laminated in structure.

From Project Gutenberg

Each germ has two parts: the one simple, which becomes the root; and the other laminated, which becomes the stem of the plant.

From Project Gutenberg

When the tassets were discarded about the end of the sixteenth century the cuisses were laminated in this way from waist to knee.

From Project Gutenberg

Only the front of the thigh is protected by laminated cuissarts, and the rest of the leg by close-fitting knee-caps and greaves.

From Project Gutenberg