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Laminate vs Lam - What's the difference?

laminate | lam |

As verbs the difference between laminate and lam

is that laminate is to assemble from thin sheets glued together while lam is to beat or thrash.

As nouns the difference between laminate and lam

is that laminate is material formed of thin sheets glued together while lam is used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding.

As an adjective laminate

is consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

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

    * English heteronyms ----

    lam

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lemja.

    Noun

    (-)
  • Used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding.
  • Verb

  • To beat or thrash
  • Derived terms

    * lambaste

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, .
  • Anagrams

    * * ----