plywood
UK/ˈplaɪwʊd/
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British/ˈplɑjwɵd/
plywood noun: 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.
Noun
plywood (usually uncountable, plural plywoods)
- 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.
- After the hurricane there was a severe regional shortage of plywood, especially exterior plywood.
- A specific grade or type of this construction material.
- We stock exterior plywoods, interior plywoods, and furniture plywoods.
Verb
plywood (third-person singular simple present plywoods, present participle plywooding, simple past and past participle plywooded)
- To fit or block up with plywood.
plywood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
plywood in Hindi
- construction material
- परतदार लकड़ी paratdār lakṛī, प्लाईवुड plāīvuḍ
plywood in Tamil
- ஒட்டுப்பலகை, ஒட்டற்பலகை, தகட்டுப்பலகை, ஓட்டுப் பலகை
plywood in Marathi
- प्लायवुड, प्लायवूड, प्लाईवुड
plywood in Urdu
- construction material
- پِلائی وُڈ pilāī vuḍ
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- plywood in Bengali
- প্লাইউড plaiuḍ
- plywood in Telugu
- ప్లైవుడ్, ప్లై వుడ్
- plywood in Malayalam
- പ്ലൈവുഡ്, പ്ലൈ വുഡ്, പ്ലൈവുഡിലേക്ക്
- plywood in Kannada
- ಅಂಟುಹಲಿಗೆ, ಪದರ ಹಲಗೆ
- plywood in Punjabi
- ਪਲਾਈਵੁੱਡ, ਪਲਾਈਵੁਡ
- plywood in Gujarati
- પ્લાયવુડ, પ્લાઈવુડ, પ્લાયવૂડ
- plywood in Odia
- ପ୍ଲାଇଉଡ୍, ପ୍ଲାଇୱୁଡ୍, ପ୍ଲାଇଉଡ
- plywood in Nepali
- प्लाईवुड, प्लाइवुड, प्लायवुड
- plywood in Tagalog
- tablasuson
- plywood in Arabic
- خَشَب رَقَائِقِيّ ḵašab raqāʔiqiyy, خَشَب مُعَاكِس ḵašab muʕākis, أبلكاش
- plywood in Malay
- papan lapis
- plywood in Indonesian
- kayu lapis
- plywood in Thai
- ไม้อัด máai-àt
- plywood in Vietnamese
- ván ép
- plywood in Myanmar
- သုံးထပ်သား sum:htapsa:, အထပ်သား a.htapsa:
Examples of plywood in a sentence
- As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
- The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.
- Water damage caused the plywood of the floor to delaminate. The layers came apart and the whole piece had to be replaced.
Forms of plywood
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | plywoods |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | plywoods |
| present participle | plywooding |
| past participle | plywooded |
| past | plywooded |
Origin of plywood
From ply (“sheet”) + wood.
Words formed from plywood
Phrases with plywood
Questions about plywood
- What does plywood mean?
- Plywood means 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.
- What is plywood in Hindi?
- Plywood in Hindi is परतदार लकड़ी (paratdār lakṛī), प्लाईवुड (plāīvuḍ). See Plywood meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is plywood?
- Plywood can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce plywood?
- Plywood is pronounced /ˈplaɪwʊd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of plywood?
- The plural of plywood is plywoods.
Words near plywood in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: plywood (page history and authors); plywood (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plywood (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); plywood (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); plywood (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); plywood (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plywood (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); plywood (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); plywood (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); plywood (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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