Definition of: laminate

(lam′ə·nāt) v. ·nat·ed, ·nat·ing v.t.
1. To beat, roll, or press, as metal, into thin sheets.
2. To cut or separate into thin sheets.
3. To make, as plastic materials or plywood, of layers united by the action of heat and pressure.
4. To cover with thin sheets or laminae.
—v.i.
5. To become separated into sheets or laminae.
—adjective Consisting of or disposed in laminae: also lam′i·nal, lam′i·nar, lam′i·nar′y, lam′i·nat′ed. [<NL laminatus laminated <L lamina a leaf]
—lam′·i·na·ble adjective
—lam′i·na′tion noun