Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers;
VERB (4)
1.
create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material;
2.
press or beat (metals) into thin sheets;
3.
cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material;
- Example: "laminate the table"4.
split (wood) into thin sheets;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Laminate \Lam"i*nate\, a. [See Lamina.]
Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates,
scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Laminate \Lam"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laminated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Laminating.] [See Lamina.]
1. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide
into thin plates.
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2. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
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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.
[PJC]
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.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Laminate \Lam"i*nate\, v. i.
To separate into laminae.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
laminate
n 1: a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or
layers
v 1: create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a
bonding material
2: press or beat (metals) into thin sheets
3: cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material; "laminate the
table"
4: split (wood) into thin sheets