plywood
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
plywood (usually uncountable, plural plywoods)
- (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.
- (countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.
- We stock exterior plywoods, interior plywoods, and furniture plywoods.
Descendants[edit]
- → Swedish: plywood
Translations[edit]
construction material
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specific type or grade of this material
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Verb[edit]
plywood (third-person singular simple present plywoods, present participle plywooding, simple past and past participle plywooded)
- (transitive) To fit or block up with plywood.
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English plywood, used in Swedish since 1925.
Noun[edit]
plywood c
- (uncountable) plywood, cross veneer
Usage notes[edit]
- plywood is the common commercial name, but kryssfaner is the preferred technical term.
Declension[edit]
Declension of plywood | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | plywood | plywooden | — | — |
Genitive | plywoods | plywoodens | — | — |
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