Meaning

noun a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers

verb create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material

verb press or beat (metals) into thin sheets

originFirst attested in 1666; borrowed from New Latin laminātus, perfect passive participle of laminō (attested since the first quarter of the 16th century), from Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of metal/other material”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

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