laminate

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
laminate

▶verb /ˈlamɪneɪt/ (often as adj. laminated)

• 1 overlay (a flat surface) with a layer of protective material.

• 2 manufacture by placing layer on layer.

• 3 split into layers or leaves.

• 4 beat or roll (metal) into thin plates.

▶noun /ˈlamɪnət/ a laminated structure or material. ▶adjective /ˈlamɪnət/ 

• 1 made of layers of material stuck together.

• 2 in the form of a lamina or laminae.

– derivatives
laminable adjective,
lamination noun,
laminator noun.

– origin C17: from lamina + -ate2.