laminate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers
  2. verb create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material
  3. verb press or beat (metals) into thin sheets
  4. verb cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material
    • laminate the table
  5. verb split (wood) into thin sheets

WordNet

Lam"i*nate adjective
Etymology
See Lamina.
Definitions
  1. Consisting of, or covered with, laminæ, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
Lam"i*nate transitive verb
Etymology
See Lamina.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Laminated ; present participle & verbal noun Laminating
Definitions
  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.
  4. (With material as object) To unite (layers in sheet form) by bonding, so as to create a single object with multiple layers. -->
Lam"i*nate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To separate into laminæ.

Webster 1913