plywood

Definition

Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.

Etymology

From ply (“sheet”) + wood.

Example Sentences

• "After the hurricane there was a severe regional shortage of plywood, especially exterior plywood."
• "We stock exterior plywoods, interior plywoods, and furniture plywoods."