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# plywood

noun (plywood — uncountable)

«plywood» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Plywood is a strong board made of thin layers of wood glued together, with the grain of each layer going a different way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plywood/#m1)

### In the lessons

In maths: a material cut into pieces; sheets counted, or lengths and areas cut (area = length × width), or sharing into equal pieces. In design and technology: plywood is used for shelves, boxes, models and floors because it is strong and does not split easily. In stories: a plywood stage set or tree house. Phrases: a sheet of plywood, a plywood board, a piece of plywood.

### Examples

- A sheet of plywood is 2 metres long and 1 metre wide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plywood/#x1)
- He cut the plywood into 4 equal pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plywood/#x2)
- Each shelf needs 1 sheet of plywood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plywood/#x3)
- How many sheets of plywood are needed for 6 shelves? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plywood/#x4)
- Dad built the tree house floor from plywood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plywood/#x5)
- The workers nailed plywood over the broken windows before the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plywood/#x6)
- In technology class we cut shapes from thin plywood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plywood/#x7)
- Plywood is made of layers of wood glued together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plywood/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable: «some plywood», «a sheet of plywood», not «a plywood». Safety: wear goggles and ask an adult when sawing plywood. A material: often area (length × width) or sharing into equal pieces. No clue by itself.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «plywood» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plywood/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«plywood» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/plywood.html) on Mova free.