Dame definition, the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight. See more.
No resistance to heat. A laminate countertop does not have the ability to resist heat and burns. It can crack if it is exposed to hot objects such as hot skillets or a cup or steaming coffee. A laminate countertop requires the use of trivets and place mats when putting hot objects on its surface.
1 Laminates are made of three resin-saturated layers: a base layer of paper, a printed and colored layer (which may look like wood), and a protective transparent layer. 2  Heat and pressure fuse a laminate to a substrate.