layer (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 6 senses of the word *layer*:
NOUN	artifact	layer, bed	single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
location	layer	a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
cognition	layer, level, stratum	an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
animal	layer	a hen that lays eggs
animal	layer	thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
VERB	contact	layer	make or form a layer

layer > pronunciation
Sounds	ley'er
Rhymes	assayer ... taxpayer: 22 rhymes with eyer...

English > *layer*: 6 senses > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.
Synonym	bed
Part of	laminate	A sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers
Narrower	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
Broader	artifact, artefact	A man-made object taken as a whole
Spanish	capa
Catalan	capa
Verbs	layer	make or form a layer

English > *layer*: 6 senses > noun 2, location
Meaning	A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another.
Narrower	asthenosphere	The lower layer of the crust
	cell wall	A rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic cells
	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
	lithosphere, geosphere	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
	snow	A layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
	stratosphere	The atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
	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)
	surface, Earth's 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
	upper mantle	The upper part of the mantle
Broader	region, part	The extended spatial location of something
Spanish	capa, estrato
Catalan	capa, estrat
Verbs	layer	make or form a layer

English > *layer*: 6 senses > noun 3, cognition
Meaning	An abstract place usually conceived as having depth.
Example	"a simile has at least two layers of meaning"
Synonyms	level, stratum
Broader	place	An abstract mental location
Spanish	estrato
Verbs	layer	make or form a layer

English > *layer*: 6 senses > noun 4, animal
Meaning	A hen that lays eggs.
Broader	hen, biddy	adult female chicken
Spanish	gallina ponedora, onedora, ponedora
Verbs	lay	lay eggs

English > *layer*: 6 senses > noun 5, animal
Meaning	Thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells.
Narrower	blastoderm, germinal disc, blastodisc, germinal area	A layer of cells on the inside of the blastula
Narrower	hypodermis	layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods
Broader	structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure	A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
Spanish	capa, estrato
Catalan	capa, estrat
Verbs	layer	make or form a layer

English > *layer*: 6 senses > verb 1, contact
Meaning	make or form a layer.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Example	"layer the different colored sands"
Broader	shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge	make something, usually for a specific function
Nouns	layer	thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
	layer	single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
	layer	an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
	layer	a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

HyperDic: layer