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Six example sentences with plywood, each labelled with its topic.
Builders sheathe the roof in plywood before the shingles go on, since the flat panels stiffen the whole frame.
Architecture
Cheap student guitars have plywood bodies of glued sheets, so they sound duller than an instrument carved from solid spruce.
Music
The skate ramp company buys plywood by the truckload, gluing extra sheets over each landing to survive a season.
Business
The painter switched from canvas to plywood panels, which take a smoother ground and never sag in humid weather.
Art
The Mosquito bomber was built largely of plywood, which let furniture factories turn out airframes during the war.
History
The castle walls on the set were painted plywood, and a strong wind on the back lot toppled one during rehearsal.
Movies
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