plywood
Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood…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.
» Tom put plywood over the windows.
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2 senses(uncountable, usually)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.
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a laminate made of thin layers of wood
(countable, usually)A specific grade or type of this construction material.
We stock exterior plywoods, interior plywoods, and furniture plywoods.
Examples
10 sentencesTom put plywood over the windows.
There was a plywood board there.
These plywood beams are of different thicknesses.
Layla tried to remove the plywood board.
Layla found a plywood board in the basement.
Translations
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Forms
plural: plywoodsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a laminate made of thin layers of wood:plyboard
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable