plywood
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English
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Etymology
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Audio (US): (file)
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.
See also
[edit]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
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | plywood | plywoods |
| definite | plywooden | plywoodens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — | |
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