different between glaze vs laminate

English

Etymology

From Middle English glasen, from glas (“glass”) (Modern English glass), from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glas?. Related to glazen.

The noun is from the verb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z

Noun

glaze (countable and uncountable, plural glazes)

1. (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
2. A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
3. A smooth edible coating applied to food.
4. (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
5. Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
6. A glazing oven; glost oven.

Related terms

• glass

Translations

Verb

glaze (third-person singular simple present glazes, present participle glazing, simple past and past participle glazed)

1. (transitive) To install windows.
2. (transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
3. (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
4. (intransitive) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.

Translations

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]

Anagrams

• gazel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??la?.z?/

Verb

glaze

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of glazen

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