Melamine vs. Laminate

Melaminenoun

(chemistry) A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, tri-amino-triazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins such as Formica.

Laminateverb

To assemble from thin sheets glued together.

Melaminenoun

A nitrogenous strongly basic chemical substance (C3H6N6), structurally 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance; - formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide. It is used as one of the starting components (together with formaldehyde) in the preparation of melamine resins, including the commercially marketed Formica (TM). It is solid at room temperature, and sublimes at temperatures approaching 250° C, decomposing at 345° C. Density 1.573.

Laminateverb

To cover something flat, usually paper, in adhesive protective plastic.

Melaminenoun

a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins

Laminateverb

To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.

Melaminenoun

a white crystalline compound made by heating cyanamide and used in making plastics.

Laminateverb

To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

Melaminenoun

a plastic used chiefly for laminated coatings, made by copolymerizing melamine with formaldehyde

‘a huge melamine coffee table’;

Laminatenoun

Material formed of thin sheets glued together.

Melamine

Melamine (listen) is an organic compound with the formula C3H6N6. This white solid is a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton.

Laminateadjective

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

Laminateadjective

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

Laminateverb

To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

Laminateverb

To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.

Laminateverb

To form by uniting two or more layers (in sheet form) of a material, so that the layers are bonded tightly.

Laminateverb

To unite (layers in sheet form) by bonding, so as to create a single object with multiple layers; - used with the material in sheet form as the object; as, to laminate plywood.

Laminateverb

To separate into laminæ.

Laminatenoun

a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers

Laminateverb

create laminate by putting together several thin sheets of a material

Laminateverb

press or beat (metals) into thin sheets

Laminateverb

cover with a thin sheet;

‘laminate the table’;

Laminateverb

split (wood) into thin sheets