layer

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layer Definition

• (n) single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
• (n) a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
• (n) an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
• (n) a hen that lays eggs
• (n) thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
• (v) make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"

layer Synonyms

• bed
• layer
• level
• stratum