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English
Etymology
From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of metal/other material”).
Pronunciation
Verb
laminate (third-person singular simple present laminates, present participle laminating, simple past and past participle laminated)
- To assemble from thin sheets glued together.
We'll laminate the piece of wood with grain going in different directions to make a really strong hull for the boat.
- To cover something flat, usually paper, in adhesive protective plastic.
We laminated the printouts so we could use them as signage.
- To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
- To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
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Translations
To assemble from thin sheets
To cover in protective plastic
Noun
laminate (countable and uncountable, plural laminates)
- Material formed of thin sheets glued together.
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Adjective
laminate (not comparable)
- Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
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Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
laminate
- inflection of laminare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
laminate f pl
- feminine plural of laminato
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Spanish
Verb
laminate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of laminar combined with te