plywood
/ˈplaɪwʊd/noun, verb
plywood is spelled P-L-Y-W-O-O-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plywood means “Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plywood is plywoods.
How many letters and syllables are in plywood?
| Letters | 7: P-L-Y-W-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is plywood?
Plywood appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce plywood?
- US /ˈplaɪwʊd/
- British /ˈplɑjwɵd/
- Australia /ˈplɑewʊd/
Plywood has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-plywood.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of plywood
- plywoods plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- plywooding participle, present
- plywooded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plywood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
A specific grade or type of this construction material.
We stock exterior plywoods, interior plywoods, and furniture plywoods.
verb
- 1
To fit or block up with plywood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate plywood?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of plywood: ply.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Plywood in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense construction material:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | contreplaqué |
| German | Sperrholz |
| Portuguese | madeira compensada, compensado, contraplacado |
| Spanish | contrachapado, triplay, contrachapeado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does plywood come from?
From ply (“sheet”) + wood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).