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   lam·i·nate

   verb

   • 1. overlay (a flat surface, especially paper) with a layer of plastic or some other protective material: "we will laminate your photos in clear plastic"
   • ▪ manufacture (something) by bonding layers of material together: "I am sanding down oak boards that I laminated together for a bar top"
   • ▪ beat or roll (metal) into thin plates.
   • ▪ prepare (pastry dough) using a method of repeatedly folding layers of butter between thin layers of dough and rolling it out: "he set to laminating dough for croissants"

   noun

   • 1. a laminated structure or material, especially one made of layers fixed together to form a hard, flat, or flexible material: "the blade is suitable for cutting plastics or laminates"

   adjective

   • 1. in the form of a lamina or laminae.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from lamina + -ate2.

   Derivatives

   • 1. laminable adjective
   • 2. lamination noun
   • 3. laminator noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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