Online English Dictionary

Online English Dictionary

layer

Definition

layer [noun]

1. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"

2. a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

3. 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"

4. a hen that lays eggs

5. thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells

layer [verb]

1. make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"

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Synonyms

noun
cover, coating, sheet, coat, film, covering, blanket, skin, mantle, lamina, stratum, seam, thickness, tier, bed, plate, row, ply

Antonyms

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