laminate

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any material that is made by sticking several layers of the same material together:

Laminates are still a popular choice for worktops.

Wooden skis were replaced by metal, then by plastic laminate and, later, carbon fibre.

laminate flooring

to cover something with a thin layer of plastic to protect it, or to be covered in this way:

You might want to laminate the cards after printing to protect them.

Print out your goals, laminate them, and look at them every day.

Very thick card does not laminate well.

to stick several thin layers of wood, plastic, glass, etc. together:

You can achieve extraordinary curves by laminating timber.

be laminated together Five layers of glass are laminated together.

to prepare dough (= flour mixed with water and often yeast, fat, or sugar, so that it is ready for baking) by making it into a lot of very thin layers with butter between each one:

The hardest part is probably laminating the dough, rolling it out and folding it so many times.