'Layer' definitions:

Definition of 'layer'

(from WordNet)
noun
Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" [syn: layer, bed]
noun
A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
noun
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" [syn: level, layer, stratum]
noun
A hen that lays eggs
noun
Thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
verb
Make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"

Definition of 'Layer'

From: GCIDE
  • Layer \Lay"er\, n. [See Lay to cause to lie flat.]
  • 1. One who, or that which, lays. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [Prob. a corruption of lair.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. An artificial oyster bed. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'layer'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Layer'