Laminated

How to spell laminated

9 letters · 4 syllables

How to pronounce laminated

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does laminated mean?

1. adjectiveSealed or constructed in thin bonded layers, often within protective plastic film.
2. verbPast tense of laminate: bonded or coated thin layers of material together.

Laminated in a sentence

• adjective

  The laminated menu wiped clean with a single sweep of the cloth.

• verb

  The print shop laminated the certificate before mailing it back.

• adjective

  Each desk was fitted with a laminated surface that resisted scratches.

• verb

  They laminated every photo to protect it from spills in the kitchen.

Where does laminated come from?

Language of origin: Latin

The word traces back to the Latin lamina, which literally meant a thin plate, sheet, or layer of metal, wood, or other material. From that noun English built the verb laminate in the seventeenth century, meaning to beat or roll a material into thin sheets, and later to bond several thin layers together. The form laminated then arose as the past tense and as an adjective describing something made up of, or sealed within, such layers. In modern life the most familiar sense is a sheet of paper coated and fused between protective films of clear plastic. A single m and the unstressed -ate ending are the spots to watch, since the spelling stays faithful to the original lamina with only one m.

How the word is built

• lamin- (from Latin lamina: a thin plate or layer)
• -ate (verb-forming suffix)
• -ed (past tense / adjective suffix)