plywood
IPA: pɫˈaɪwʊd
noun
- (uncountable) Construction 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.
- (countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.
verb
- (transitive) To fit or block up with plywood.
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Examples of "plywood" in Sentences
- The entire fuselage was skinned in plywood.
- The bulk of the Mosquito was made of custom plywood.
- The plans still support the original design in plywood.
- The government is encouraging production of plywood and veneer.
- After gluing, the plywood is stapled to the back of the strips.
- A thin plywood panel is laminated to the back side of the door.
- The interior furniture was made of plywood and glassed in place.
- Before installing the window, the exterior must be covered in plywood.
- It is used for the plywood industry and thus is economical to the farmers.
- The mount holding the monitor to the plywood is a low profile VESA I bought at best buy for around 20$.
- No. Lucian Freud could abandon his reclining nudes and paint abstracts, work in plywood and encaustics.
- As we pulled the last piece of plywood from the bottom of the boat, a 4 foot Texas Rat Snake looked up at us.
- Since I was lacking in plywood and power tools, I said yes. 30 minutes later the crew boarded up the windows for me.
- The hospital, housed in plywood buildings, is clean but cramped — think M*A*S*H — and lacks the high-tech equipment of the American facility.
- By the late '70s, canvas often gave way to boxy plywood structures, encrusted with dark, purplish monochromes flecked with brighter underlying shades.
- The cross has been covered in plywood for the past several years following federal court rulings that it violates the First Amendment prohibition against government endorsement of religion.
- These buildings are designed to be resold, so there is a kitchen unit installed, which I am sure is fabulous, but it is covered in plywood so that we silly athletes won't ruin it for resale.
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