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
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The stretch of Henry Street where the awning had collapsed early on Sunday morning was walled off with forest-green plywood, as was the building’s second awning just around the corner on Clark Street.
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 5 Aug. 2025
There’s no fake way to land on a piece of plywood in front of 60,000 people.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2025
Across from him, another worker uses a long piece of plywood to scoop up bagels and pull them out of the oven.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
Late Tuesday afternoon, Luis Pliego, 42, a handyman working to shutter the windows on the charred building with plywood, told the Tribune that the building manager had moved several families to a different building owned by the same company on the Far South Side.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 5 Aug. 2025
There’s no fake way to land on a piece of plywood in front of 60,000 people.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2025
Across from him, another worker uses a long piece of plywood to scoop up bagels and pull them out of the oven.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
Late Tuesday afternoon, Luis Pliego, 42, a handyman working to shutter the windows on the charred building with plywood, told the Tribune that the building manager had moved several families to a different building owned by the same company on the Far South Side.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
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“Plywood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plywood. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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plywood
noun
ply·wood
ˈplī-ˌwu̇d
: a strong board made by gluing thin sheets of wood together under heat and pressure
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