laminate

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: lam=i=nate

CIDE DICTIONARY

laminate, a. [See Lamina.].

 Consisting of, or covered with, laminæ, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.  [1913 Webster]

laminate, v. t. [See Lamina.].

•  To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.  [1913 Webster]
•  To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.  [1913 Webster]
•  To form by uniting two or more layers (in sheet form) of a material, so that the layers are bonded tightly.  [PJC]
•  To unite (layers in sheet form) by bonding, so as to create a single object with multiple layers; -- used with the material in sheet form as the object; as, to laminate plywood.  [PJC]

laminate, v. i. 

 To separate into laminæ.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

laminate, v., n., & adj.
--v.
1 tr. beat or roll (metal) into thin plates.
2 tr. overlay with metal plates, a plastic layer, etc.
3 tr. manufacture by placing layer on layer.
4 tr. & intr. split or be split into layers or leaves.
--n. a laminated structure or material, esp. of layers fixed together to form rigid or flexible material.
--adj. in the form of lamina or laminae.

Derivative

lamination n. laminator n.

Etymology

LAMINA + -ATE(2), -ATE(3)

THESAURUS

laminate

adhesive, arrange in layers, cast plastic, cellulose plastic, delaminate, desquamate, exfoliate, extruded plastic, flake, lay down, lay up, layer, molded plastic, molding compounds, plastic, polymer, protein plastic, resin plastic, scale, stratify, synthetic, synthetic fabric, synthetic rubber, thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic