- plywood ply·wood n
- ['plaɪˌwʊd]
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English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
plywood ply·wood n
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ply|wood — «PLY WUD», noun. a building material made of several thin layers of wood glued together, usually with the grain of each layer at right angles to the next. Plywood is strong and relatively light. ╂[< ply2 + wood] … Useful english dictionary
ply·wood — /ˈplaıˌwʊd/ noun [noncount] : a strong board that is made by gluing together thin sheets of wood a floor made of plywood = a plywood floor … Useful english dictionary
plywood — ply|wood [ˈplaıwud] n [U] a material made of several thin layers of wood that are stuck together to form a strong board … Dictionary of contemporary English
plywood — ply|wood [ plaı,wud ] noun uncount a type of board used for building houses, furniture, etc., made from thin layers of wood that are fixed together using glue … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
plywood — ply•wood [[t]ˈplaɪˌwʊd[/t]] n. bui a building material consisting usu. of an odd number of wood veneers glued over each other, usu. at right angles • Etymology: 1905–10 … From formal English to slang
Plywood — Softwood plywood made from spruce Plywood is a type of manufactured timber made from thin sheets of wood veneer. It is one of the most widely used wood products. It is flexible, inexpensive, workable, re usable, and can usually be locally… … Wikipedia
plywood — 1907, from PLY (Cf. ply) (n.) + WOOD (Cf. wood) (n.). So called because the layers are arranged so that the grain of one runs at right angles to that of the next … Etymology dictionary
Ply — A ply is a strand layer of material, such as yarn, rope, plastic, wood, or paper. Plywood is so called because it is a laminate of several thin layers of wooden material. Two ply toilet paper has two separable layers, each about as thick as… … Wikipedia
ply — 1 verb past tense and past participle plied 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) literary if a vehicle or boat plies between two places or across a place it makes that journey regularly (+ between/across etc): Small fishing boats plied… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
plywood — /pluy wood /, n. a material used for various building purposes, consisting usually of an odd number of veneers glued over each other, usually at right angles. [1905 10; PLY2 + WOOD1] * * * Manufactured panel made up of three or more thin plies… … Universalium
ply — Synonyms and related words: about ship, apply pressure, back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, beat to windward, beset, besiege, blandish, boat, box off, break, bring about, bring round, bug, buttonhole, cajole,… … Moby Thesaurus
