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Glue vs Laminate - What's the difference?

glue | laminate |

As nouns the difference between glue and laminate

is that glue is a hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance while laminate is .

As a verb glue

is to join or attach something using glue.

glue

English

(wikipedia glue)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
  • (obsolete) Birdlime.
  • Derived terms

    * bee glue * fish glue * glue code * glue plant * glue stick * glueball * gluey * marine glue

    Verb

  • To join or attach something using glue.
  • I need to glue the chair-leg back into place.
  • * '>citation
  • To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.
  • His eyes were glued to the screen.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
  • So as I lay on the ground with my ear glued close against the wall, who should march round the church but John Trenchard, Esquire, not treading delicately like King Agag, or spying, but just come on a voyage of discovery for himself.

    Derived terms

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    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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