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Plywood vs. Pvc — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Plywood and Pvc

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Plywood

Plywood is a material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" 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).

Pvc

A polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables

Plywood

A structural material made of layers of wood glued together, usually with the grains of adjoining layers at right angles to each other.

Pvc

Irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation

Plywood

(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.
After the hurricane there was a severe regional shortage of plywood, especially exterior plywood.

Plywood

(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.
We stock exterior plywoods, interior plywoods, and furniture plywoods.
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Plywood

(transitive) To fit or block up with plywood.

Plywood

A laminate made of thin layers of wood

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