layer

Noun
  1. Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance (synset 103655499)
    "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
    is a type of: artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
    subtypes:
    • backing, mount - something forming a back that is added for strengthening
    • blanket - a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
    • course, row - (construction) a layer of masonry
    • cushion - the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle
    • interlayer - a layer placed between other layers
    • lift - one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
    • overlay - a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
    • ply - (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
    • tier - one of two or more layers one atop another
    • wall - a layer of material that encloses space
    is a part of: laminate - a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers
    same as: bed
  2. A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another (synset 108609236)
    is a type of: part, region - the extended spatial location of something
    subtypes:
    • stratum - one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
    • asthenosphere - the lower layer of the crust
    • chromosphere - a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun
    • crust, earth's crust - the outer layer of the Earth
    • exosphere - the outermost atmospheric layer
    • hydrosphere - the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor
    • geosphere, lithosphere - the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
    • lower mantle - the deeper part of the mantle
    • mantle - the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
    • mesosphere - the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere
    • ozone layer, ozonosphere - a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun
    • stratosphere - the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
    • earth's surface, surface - the outermost level of the land or sea
    • thermosphere - the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere
    • tropopause - the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere
    • troposphere - the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)
    • upper mantle - the upper part of the mantle
    • cell wall - a rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic cells; maintains the shape of the cell and serves as a protective barrier
    • snow - a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
  3. An abstract place usually conceived as having depth (synset 106257026)
    "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
    is a type of: place - an abstract mental location
    same as: level, stratum
  4. A hen that lays eggs (synset 101795800)
    is a type of: biddy, hen - adult female chicken
  5. Thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells (synset 101465900)
    is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
    subtypes:
Verb
  1. Make or form a layer (synset 201264677)
    "layer the different colored sands"
    is a type of: forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work - make something, usually for a specific function

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