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plywood
UK, US/ˈplaɪwʊd/British, Southern, Standard/ˈplɑjwɵd/Australia, New Zealand/ˈplɑewʊd/Northern Ireland, Scotland/ˈplaɪwʉd/
noun
What it means
- uncountableusuallyConstruction 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.
- countableusuallyA specific grade or type of this construction material.
We stock exterior plywoods, interior plywoods, and furniture plywoods.
In a sentence
After the hurricane there was a severe regional shortage of plywood, especially exterior plywood.
Where it comes from
- Englishply
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us
- Proto-Germanic*widuz
- Proto-West Germanic*widu
- Old Englishwidu
- Old Englishwudu
- Middle Englishwode
- Englishwood
- Englishplywood
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