'Underlayer' definitions:
Definition of 'Underlayer'
From: GCIDE
- Underlayer \Un"der*lay`er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mining) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth. --Weale. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'underlayer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- band,
- bed,
- bedding,
- bedrock,
- belly,
- belt,
- bottom,
- bottom side,
- breech,
- buttocks,
- couche,
- course,
- deck,
- downside,
- floor,
- fundament,
- gallery,
- hardpan,
- layer,
- ledge,
- level,
- lower side,
- lowest layer,
- lowest level,
- measures,
- nether side,
- nethermost level,
- overlayer,
- overstory,
- rock bottom,
- seam,
- shelf,
- stage,
- step,
- story,
- stratum,
- substratum,
- superstratum,
- thickness,
- tier,
- topsoil,
- underbelly,
- underneath,
- underside,
- understory,
- understratum,
- zone