 3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Laminate \Lam"i*nate\, verb (used with an object) [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.
2. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
3. To form by uniting two or more layers (in sheet form) of a
material, so that the layers are bonded tightly.
[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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
laminated \lam"i*na'ted\, adjective
1. Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates,
sheets, scales, or layers, one over another; laminate.
2. Hence: Constructed of thin sheets of material, bonded
together to form a composite structure having multiple
layers.
[PJC]
{Laminated arch} (Arch.), a timber arch made of layers of
bent planks secured by treenails.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "laminated":
filmy, foliaceous, foliated, in layers, lamellar, lamellate,
lamellated, lamelliform, laminate, laminous, leaflike, leafy,
membranous, scummy, spathic, spathose, stratified, stratiform,
three-ply, two-ply
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