Plywood
noun
A type of strong thin wooden board consisting of two or more layers glued and pressed together with the direction of the grain alternating.
He made a bookshelf out of plywood.
Often appears as...
- plywood panel
- plywood sheets
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of strong thin wooden board consisting of two or more layers glued and pressed together with the direction of the grain alternating.
He made a bookshelf out of plywood.
Often appears as...
- plywood panel
- plywood sheets
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Material Strength
Plywood is known for its durability and resistance to cracking, twisting, and shrinkage.
Plywood is often used in construction due to its strength.
Pro Tip 2/3Versatility
Plywood can be used for a wide range of applications, from furniture to flooring.
The designer used plywood for both the kitchen cabinets and the dining table.
Pro Tip 3/3Grain Alternation
The alternating grain pattern of plywood layers gives it stability and prevents warping.
You can identify plywood by looking at the edges to see the alternating grain layers.
Pro Tip 1/3Material Strength
Plywood is known for its durability and resistance to cracking, twisting, and shrinkage.
Plywood is often used in construction due to its strength.
Pro Tip 2/3Versatility
Plywood can be used for a wide range of applications, from furniture to flooring.
The designer used plywood for both the kitchen cabinets and the dining table.
Pro Tip 3/3Grain Alternation
The alternating grain pattern of plywood layers gives it stability and prevents warping.
You can identify plywood by looking at the edges to see the alternating grain layers.
Pro Tip 1/3Material Strength
Plywood is known for its durability and resistance to cracking, twisting, and shrinkage.
Plywood is often used in construction due to its strength.
Pro Tip 2/3Versatility
Plywood can be used for a wide range of applications, from furniture to flooring.
The designer used plywood for both the kitchen cabinets and the dining table.
Pro Tip 3/3Grain Alternation
The alternating grain pattern of plywood layers gives it stability and prevents warping.
You can identify plywood by looking at the edges to see the alternating grain layers.
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National Geographic...
You know we built... We did those pictures in thirteen days. So we did uh, eight big cats, and we built a studio for each one of them in the enclosure that they spend time in. So, sometimes it was literally black paper, we put a cheetah on. Otherwise, sometimes it was like huge sheets of plywood that we made black. And then, we would light it in a way.
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David Rockwell: Building...
and I've got to say, it was the most moving experience of my life. It was devastating to see the simple plywood platform with a rail around it, where the families of the victims had left notes to them. And there was no mediation between us and the experience. There was no filter.
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Tracking Plastic Sea to...
quadrats photo quadrats from coral reef science and applied them to map and document and quantify complex systems of waste and then we're experimenting in that important transition between land and water so we've created these eco plywood drift cards that we're working
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Creating a Bio-Industrial...
that beetle is made of has all the functionality it needs what it does is it adds information to matter it has structure to matter so that when the beetle wants it to be abrasion resistant it lays up the chitin fibrils in a plywood hatch when it wants
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John Hunter: Teaching...
And so I'm here standing on the shoulders of many people. I'm not here alone. There are many people on this stage right now. And so this World Peace Game I'd like to tell you about. It started out like it's just a four-foot by five-foot plywood board
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How bees can keep the...
to protect one acre of farmland. Now a dummy hive is simply a piece of plywood which we cut into squares, paint yellow and hang in between the hives. We're basically tricking the elephants into thinking there are more beehives than there really are.
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Disappearing Island PIPE...
the first time but actually in their lifetime these could disappear fishing is a primary source of both food and cash Gerard will take a dozen big mahi mines from his plywood boat which he'll sell on his island of arava
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My quest to defy gravity...
Landing hurts. I was curious, though. I thought, "Well, why don't we invent an impact technique? Why don't we just expand our base of support?" I had seen pieces of plywood fall, and they didn't flinch on the way down.
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The Case for Radically...
could we amplify the greenery that we knew could help with healing? So just like those dinosaur models made from plywood that slot together, we slotted together giant plywood to make three structures
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The genius puppetry...
with movement built into it to persuade you to believe that it has life. Okay so. It has ears that move passively when the head goes. And it has these bulkheads made out of plywood,
Video examples
National Geographic...
You know we built... We did those pictures in thirteen days. So we did uh, eight big cats, and we built a studio for each one of them in the enclosure that they spend time in. So, sometimes it was literally black paper, we put a cheetah on. Otherwise, sometimes it was like huge sheets of plywood that we made black. And then, we would light it in a way.
Video examples
David Rockwell: Building...
and I've got to say, it was the most moving experience of my life. It was devastating to see the simple plywood platform with a rail around it, where the families of the victims had left notes to them. And there was no mediation between us and the experience. There was no filter.
Video examples
Tracking Plastic Sea to...
quadrats photo quadrats from coral reef science and applied them to map and document and quantify complex systems of waste and then we're experimenting in that important transition between land and water so we've created these eco plywood drift cards that we're working
Video examples
Creating a Bio-Industrial...
that beetle is made of has all the functionality it needs what it does is it adds information to matter it has structure to matter so that when the beetle wants it to be abrasion resistant it lays up the chitin fibrils in a plywood hatch when it wants
Video examples
John Hunter: Teaching...
And so I'm here standing on the shoulders of many people. I'm not here alone. There are many people on this stage right now. And so this World Peace Game I'd like to tell you about. It started out like it's just a four-foot by five-foot plywood board
Video examples
How bees can keep the...
to protect one acre of farmland. Now a dummy hive is simply a piece of plywood which we cut into squares, paint yellow and hang in between the hives. We're basically tricking the elephants into thinking there are more beehives than there really are.
Video examples
Disappearing Island PIPE...
the first time but actually in their lifetime these could disappear fishing is a primary source of both food and cash Gerard will take a dozen big mahi mines from his plywood boat which he'll sell on his island of arava
Video examples
My quest to defy gravity...
Landing hurts. I was curious, though. I thought, "Well, why don't we invent an impact technique? Why don't we just expand our base of support?" I had seen pieces of plywood fall, and they didn't flinch on the way down.
Video examples
The Case for Radically...
could we amplify the greenery that we knew could help with healing? So just like those dinosaur models made from plywood that slot together, we slotted together giant plywood to make three structures
Video examples
The genius puppetry...
with movement built into it to persuade you to believe that it has life. Okay so. It has ears that move passively when the head goes. And it has these bulkheads made out of plywood,
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Casey Neistat
American Director
One of my first questions when I interview prospective employees is, 'Do you know how big a sheet of plywood is?' Most people don't, and say they are different sizes, but it's 4' x 8'. Anyway, working with your hands is a very American thing that we kinda lost here, but it's an important skill to have.
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Andy Serkis
English Actor
I remember kind of doing early acting and thinking, 'God, they don't paint behind the sets.' It's a bit of a shame, really - 'Oh, what's on the other side of this wall? Oh, you can see the plywood.' I was really disappointed. I just thought that these things were real, from watching things as a kid.
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Brittany Howard
American Musician
One of my favorite things about Tom Waits is not only his songs, but when he does do live shows, it's the theatrics involved. It's like Kabuki theater, really old-fashioned theatrics. Like, standing on top of a piece of plywood lying on some cinderblocks and clapping his hands, banging on a bucket.
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Thomas Rhett
American Musician
At every sound check, I try to practice on the stage that we're gonna play on that night, 'cause every stage is different. Whether it's concrete or whether it's plywood or whether it's Plexiglas, it all requires different things. You can't dance on concrete as well as you can dance on Plexiglas.
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Artur Davis
American Politician
Maybe we should have known that night in Denver that things that begin with plywood Greek columns and artificial smoke typically don't end well. Maybe the Hollywood stars and the glamour blinded us a little: you thought it was the glare, some of us thought it was a halo.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back.
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Sam Elliott
American Actor
I was in the cement end of the construction business, as a laborer. I was pouring concrete, and stripping forms off of set concrete, and pulling nails, and stacking plywood, and doing that kind of thing. I was in peak condition in those days.
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Sam Wanamaker
American Actor
That first replica of the Globe that I saw at the Chicago World's Fair was a suspect thing, made of plywood and papier-mache. But I kept seeing other replicas at other fairs in the '30s, so I developed a longing to see London.
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Darryl F. Zanuck
American Director
Television won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How'd they get so rich? Because they're free.
Quote examples
Casey Neistat
American Director
One of my first questions when I interview prospective employees is, 'Do you know how big a sheet of plywood is?' Most people don't, and say they are different sizes, but it's 4' x 8'. Anyway, working with your hands is a very American thing that we kinda lost here, but it's an important skill to have.
Quote examples
Andy Serkis
English Actor
I remember kind of doing early acting and thinking, 'God, they don't paint behind the sets.' It's a bit of a shame, really - 'Oh, what's on the other side of this wall? Oh, you can see the plywood.' I was really disappointed. I just thought that these things were real, from watching things as a kid.
Quote examples
Brittany Howard
American Musician
One of my favorite things about Tom Waits is not only his songs, but when he does do live shows, it's the theatrics involved. It's like Kabuki theater, really old-fashioned theatrics. Like, standing on top of a piece of plywood lying on some cinderblocks and clapping his hands, banging on a bucket.
Quote examples
Thomas Rhett
American Musician
At every sound check, I try to practice on the stage that we're gonna play on that night, 'cause every stage is different. Whether it's concrete or whether it's plywood or whether it's Plexiglas, it all requires different things. You can't dance on concrete as well as you can dance on Plexiglas.
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Artur Davis
American Politician
Maybe we should have known that night in Denver that things that begin with plywood Greek columns and artificial smoke typically don't end well. Maybe the Hollywood stars and the glamour blinded us a little: you thought it was the glare, some of us thought it was a halo.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back.
Quote examples
Sam Elliott
American Actor
I was in the cement end of the construction business, as a laborer. I was pouring concrete, and stripping forms off of set concrete, and pulling nails, and stacking plywood, and doing that kind of thing. I was in peak condition in those days.
Quote examples
Sam Wanamaker
American Actor
That first replica of the Globe that I saw at the Chicago World's Fair was a suspect thing, made of plywood and papier-mache. But I kept seeing other replicas at other fairs in the '30s, so I developed a longing to see London.
Quote examples
Darryl F. Zanuck
American Director
Television won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How'd they get so rich? Because they're free.
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