plywood

noun

ply·wood ˈplī-ˌwu̇d

: a structural material consisting of sheets of wood glued or cemented together with the grains of adjacent layers arranged at right angles or at a wide angle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This Saturday, on Juneteenth, the colorful plywood that once symbolized a closed community will go on display at Chicago's DuSable Museum of African American history. —

CBS News, 17 June 2021 Here, two pieces of plywood and a short length of 2 x 4 get screwed together and clamped to a handtruck. —

Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023 The compound, built haphazardly of plywood, caught fire. —

Barton Swaim, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023 The tailgate can be positioned midway to support 4x8 sheets of plywood — 400 pounds’ worth. —

Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2023 To keep the building’s youngest residents busy, there’s a rock wall and an abstract whale body made of plywood to climb on. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2023 First, rip the 8-foot-long piece of plywood to 14 inches wide. —

Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023 The laser cutter to his right whirs to life, slicing the blossom design on slivers of plywood. —

Yusra Farzan, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2022 One or two nights later a dissatisfied patron started whacking at the plate glass storefront with a hunk of plywood. —

Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022 See More

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