Definition of plywood
: 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
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Inside the new Traverse, one finds abundant space, including room to carry four-by-eight sheets of plywood.
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Aalto and his wife Aino also designed all the furniture—including the undulating plywood Paimio Chair.
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Destruction was worse toward the bottom of the sloping hill of Main Street, where a few shops were boarded up with plywood.
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In the back, there is standing room of 6 feet, 4 inches and enough length to fit two 40-by-48-inch pallets, 10-feet of piping or 4-by-8-foot sheets of plywood.
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Stop procrastinating There were long lines at gas stations, store shelves were emptied, plywood was hard to find.
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The little colony of vagabonds lovingly constructed the huts' plywood overlaid with plastic sheeting to hold back the rain.
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The fire last month gutted the flimsy shacks of plywood and tarpaulin of about 220 Rohingya on a plot of land belonging to Muslim charity Zakat Foundation.
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Some items that will not be tax free include car and boat batteries, chainsaws, plywood and tents.
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First Known Use of plywood
1907
PLYWOOD Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of plywood for English Language Learners
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: a strong board that is made by gluing together thin sheets of wood
PLYWOOD Defined for Kids
Definition of plywood for Students
: a strong board made by gluing together thin sheets of wood under heat and pressure
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