layer

Speech parts

1. layer - Noun

2. layer - Adjective

3. layer - Verb

4. Layer - Proper noun

Meaning

One who, or that which, lays.

That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.

A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.

An artificial oyster bed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stratum level film band coat lamina cover covering bed sheet coating mantle overlay stratification ply
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Antonyms

crown roof inclined pitched descend sideways
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Hypernyms

biddy work form place region structure

Hyponyms

mount level surface course cap coat

Phrases with the word

skin layer tissue layer inner layer of eyeball big layer innermost layer of the stomach wall dense layer

Derivatives

layer

Anagrams

early relay leary Arely Arley Raley Rayle realy

Examples

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. Alexis de Tocqueville

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything. Doris Lessing

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness. Werner Herzog

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top. Edward Abbey

Shedding off one more layer of skin, Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within. Bob Dylan

Layer by layer art strips life bare. Robert Musil

Close letter words and terms

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