different between enamel vs laminate

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??næm?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??næm?l/
• Rhymes: -æm?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- (“in-”) + amailler (“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmal (“enamel”), from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltijan? (“to smelt”). Compare German schmelzen, Danish smelte (“to melt”).

Noun

enamel (countable and uncountable, plural enamels)

1. An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
2. A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
3. The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
4. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

enamel (third-person singular simple present enamels, present participle (US) enameling or (UK) enamelling, simple past and past participle (US) enameled or (UK) enamelled)

1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
2. (transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
3. (transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.

4. (transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

Derived terms

• enamelware
• porcelain enamel
• vitreous enamel

Translations

Anagrams

• Leeman, Manele, Melena, manele, melena

English

Etymology

From Latin l?mina (“thin sheet of metal/other material”).

Pronunciation

• Verb: enPR: l?m??-n?t, IPA^(key): /?læm?ne?t/
• Noun: enPR: l?m??-n?t, IPA^(key): /?læm?n?t/

Verb

laminate (third-person singular simple present laminates, present participle laminating, simple past and past participle laminated)

1. 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.
2. To cover something flat, usually paper, in adhesive protective plastic.
3. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
4. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

Translations

Noun

laminate (countable and uncountable, plural laminates)

1. Material formed of thin sheets glued together.

Translations

Adjective

laminate (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• laminate flooring

Anagrams

• Lamanite, amential, antimale, malanite

Italian

Verb

laminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of laminare
2. second-person plural imperative of laminare
3. feminine plural of laminato

Anagrams

• alimenta, lamentai