Plywood vs. Veneer

Plywoodnoun

(uncountable) 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.

Plywoodnoun

(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.

Plywoodverb

(transitive) To fit or block up with plywood.

Plywoodnoun

a laminate made of thin layers of wood

Plywood

Plywood is a material manufactured from thin layers or of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another. It is an engineered wood from the family of manufactured boards which include medium-density fibreboard (MDF), oriented strand board (OSB) and particle board (chipboard).

Veneernoun

A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.

Veneernoun

An attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings.

Veneerverb

To apply veneer to.

Veneerverb

To disguise with apparent goodness.

Veneerverb

To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively.

Veneernoun

A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense.

Veneernoun

coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood

Veneernoun

an ornamental coating to a building

Veneerverb

cover with veneer;