MEANING
To separate into layers, or cause a layered material to separate.
Use it for
layered-material failure; moisture damage; exposed constructionDescribe layers pulling apart rather than a vague damaged surface.
Words that belong together
- plywood delaminates
- delaminated panels
- begin to delaminate
On the page
The plywood delaminated where rain entered its exposed edge.
Moisture was delaminating the bathroom panels.
She replaced the door because its lower section had begun to delaminate.
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Word forms
- Base
- delaminate / delaminates
- Past tense
- delaminated
- Past participle
- delaminated
- Present participle
- delaminating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- delaminate / delaminates
- Present continuous
- am/is/are delaminating
- Present perfect
- have/has delaminated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been delaminating
- Past
- delaminated
- Past continuous
- was/were delaminating
- Past perfect
- had delaminated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been delaminating
- Future
- will delaminate / delaminates
- Future continuous
- will be delaminating
- Future perfect
- will have delaminated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been delaminating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Technical but concrete; particularly useful for plywood, laminates, and bonded finishes. Not any kind of cracking. Verb: delaminate, delaminates, delaminated, delaminated, delaminating. Derived noun: delamination.
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