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Glaze vs Laminate - What's the difference?

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Glaze is a related term of laminate.


As nouns the difference between glaze and laminate

is that glaze is (ceramics) the vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing see (transitive verb) while laminate is .

As a verb glaze

is to install windows.

glaze

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1784 in reference to ice. From the verb.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See (transitive verb).
  • A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
  • An edible coating applied to food.
  • (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice
  • Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
  • A glazing oven. See Glost oven.

    • Etymology 2

    From Middle English glasen'' ("to fit with glass"). Either a continuation of an unattested Old English weak verb ''*glæsan'', or coined in Middle English as a compound of ''glas'' and ''-en (standard infinitive suffix). Probably influenced in Modern English by glazen.

    Verb

    (glaz)
  • To install windows.
  • (transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
  • *
  • To become glazed or glassy.
  • For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.

    • References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]

    Anagrams

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    laminate

    English

    Verb

    (laminat)
  • To assemble from thin sheets glued together.
  • * We'll laminate the piece of wood with grain going in different directions to make a really strong hull for the boat.
  • To cover something flat, usually paper, in adhesive protective plastic.
  • To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
  • To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia laminate) (en noun)
  • Material formed of thin sheets glued together.

    • Derived terms

    * laminate flooring

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

    • Anagrams

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