Meanings
nounplywood (usually uncountable, plural plywoods)
plural plywoods
- 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.
verbplywood (third-person singular simple present plywoods, present participle plywooding, simple past and past participle plywooded)
present singular third person plywoods · participle present plywooding · participle past plywooded · past plywooded
- transitiveTo fit or block up with plywood.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- 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
Translations
Arabic خَشَب رَقَائِقِيّ, خَشَب مُعَاكِس
- خَشَب رَقَائِقِيّ (ḵašab raqāʔiqiyy)construction material
- خَشَب مُعَاكِس (ḵašab muʕākis)construction material
- أبلكاشconstruction material
Bengali প্লাইউড
- প্লাইউড (plaiuḍ)construction material
Bulgarian шпе́рплат
- шпе́рплат (špérplat)construction material
Catalan contraplacat
- contraplacatconstruction material
Chinese Mandarin 合板, 膠合板 /胶合板
- 合板 (hébǎn)construction material
- 膠合板 /胶合板 (jiāohébǎn)construction material
- 夾板 /夹板 (jiābǎn)construction material
Czech překližka
- překližkaconstruction material
Danish krydsfiner
- krydsfinerconstruction material
Dutch multiplex
- multiplexconstruction material
Estonian vineer
- vineerconstruction material
Finnish vaneri, vaneri
- vanericonstruction material
- vanerispecific type or grade of this material
French contreplaqué, contreplaqué
- contreplaquéconstruction material
- contreplaquéspecific type or grade of this material
German Sperrholz
- Sperrholzconstruction material
Greek κοντραπλακέ
- κοντραπλακέ (kontraplaké)construction material
Hebrew עץ סנדוויץ׳
- עץ סנדוויץ׳construction material
Hindi परतदार लकड़ी, प्लाईवुड
- परतदार लकड़ी (paratdār lakṛī)construction material
- प्लाईवुड (plāīvuḍ)construction material
Hungarian rétegeltlemez (fa), furnérlemez
- rétegeltlemez (fa)construction material
- furnérlemezconstruction material
Icelandic krossviður
- krossviðurconstruction material
Indonesian kayu lapis
- kayu lapisconstruction material
Irish sraithadhmad
- sraithadhmadconstruction material
Italian compensato
- compensatoconstruction material
Japanese 合板, ベニヤ板
- 合板construction material
- ベニヤ板 (beniya ita)construction material
- プライウッド (puraiuddo)construction material
Korean 합판, 베니어판
- 합판 (hap'pan)construction material
- 베니어판 (benieopan)construction material
- 플라이우드 (peullaiudeu)construction material
Latvian saplāksnis
- saplāksnisconstruction material
Lithuanian fanera
- faneraconstruction material
Malay papan lapis
- papan lapisconstruction material
Māori papa tāpatupatu
- papa tāpatupatuconstruction material
Norwegian Bokmål kryssfiner
- kryssfinerconstruction material
Polish sklejka, dykta
- sklejkaconstruction material
- dyktaconstruction material
- sklejkaspecific type or grade of this material
- dyktaspecific type or grade of this material
Portuguese madeira compensada, compensado
- madeira compensadaconstruction material
- compensadoconstruction material
- contraplacadoconstruction material
Romanian placaj
- placajconstruction material
Russian фане́ра
- фане́ра (fanéra)construction material
Scottish Gaelic fiodh-fillte, fiodh-fillte
- fiodh-fillteconstruction material
- fiodh-filltespecific type or grade of this material
Slovak preglejka
- preglejkaconstruction material
Spanish contrachapado, triplay
- contrachapadoconstruction material
- triplayconstruction material
- contrachapeadoconstruction material
Swedish plywood, kryssfaner
- plywoodconstruction material
- kryssfanerconstruction material
Tagalog tablasuson
- tablasusonconstruction material
Thai ไม้อัด
- ไม้อัด (máai-àt)construction material
Turkish kontrplak
- kontrplakconstruction material
Ukrainian фане́ра
- фане́ра (fanéra)construction material
Urdu پِلائی وُڈ
- پِلائی وُڈ (pilāī vuḍ)construction material
Vietnamese ván ép
- ván épconstruction material
Welsh pren haenog
- pren haenogconstruction material
Cite this entry
APA
plywood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plywood
MLA
“plywood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plywood. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plywood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plywood.
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