Encase vs Laminate - What's the difference?
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To enclose, as in a case.
*1918 , Wilhelm Muehlon, The vandal of Europe :
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.
Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
As verbs the difference between encase and laminate
is that encase is to enclose, as in a case while laminate is to assemble from thin sheets glued together.As a noun laminate is
material formed of thin sheets glued together.As an adjective laminate is
consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.encase
English
Alternative forms
* incaseVerb
(encas)- They always appeared to me like asses who gladly incase themselves in lions' skins and cheer themselves with the idea that all the world about them consists also of similarly disguised asses.