plywood

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English

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Etymology

From ply (“sheet”) +‎ wood.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplaɪwʊd/
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Noun

plywood (usually uncountable, plural plywoods)

  1. (uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.
    After the hurricane there was a severe regional shortage of plywood, especially exterior plywood.
  2. (countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.
    We stock exterior plywoods, interior plywoods, and furniture plywoods.

Descendants

  • → Swedish: plywood

Translations

Verb

plywood (third-person singular simple present plywoods, present participle plywooding, simple past and past participle plywooded)

  1. (transitive) To fit or block up with plywood.

See also

Swedish

Etymology

From English plywood, used in Swedish since 1925.

Noun

plywood c

  1. (uncountable) plywood, cross veneer

Usage notes

  • plywood is the common commercial name, but kryssfaner is the preferred technical term.

Declension

Declension of plywood
nominative genitive
singular indefinite plywood plywoods
definite plywooden plywoodens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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