English > stratum: 4 senses > noun 1, location| Meaning | 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). |
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| Category | organism, being | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
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| Narrower | bed | (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock) |
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| cambium | The inner layer of the periosteum |
| dermis, corium, derma | The deep vascular inner layer of the skin |
| epidermis, cuticle | The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates |
| horizon | A specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land |
| seam, bed | A stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit |
| stratum corneum, corneum, horny layer | The outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off |
| stratum germinativum, stratum basale, malpighian layer, rete Malpighii | The innermost layer of the epidermis |
| stratum granulosum | The layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum |
| stratum lucidum | The layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles |
| substrate, substratum | Any stratum or layer lying underneath another |
| superstrate, superstratum | Any stratum or layer superimposed on another |
| wall, paries | (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure |
| Broader | layer | A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another |
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| Spanish | estrato |
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| Catalan | estrat |
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| Verbs | stratify | form layers or strata |
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| stratify | divide society into social classes or castes |
English > stratum: 4 senses > noun 2, group| Meaning | People having the same social, economic, or educational status. |
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| Synonyms | class, social class, socio-economic class |
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| Member of | class structure | The organization of classes within a society |
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| Part of | society | An extended social group having a distinctive cultural / cultural and economic organization |
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| Narrower | age class | People in the same age range |
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| agriculture | The class of people engaged in growing food |
| booboisie | Class consisting of all those who are considered boobs |
| brotherhood, fraternity, sodality | People engaged in a particular occupation |
| caste | A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth |
| caste | (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus |
| center | politically moderate persons |
| commonalty, commonality, commons | A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank |
| craft, trade | People who perform a particular kind of skilled work |
| demimonde | A class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior |
| estate of the realm, estate, the three estates | A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights |
| firing line | The most advanced and responsible group in an activity |
| immigrant class | Recent immigrants who are lumped together as a class by their low socioeconomic status in spite of different cultural / cultural backgrounds |
| labor, labour, working class, proletariat | A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages |
| lower class, underclass | The social class lowest in the social hierarchy |
| market | The customers for a particular product or service |
| middle class, bourgeoisie | The social class between the lower and upper classes |
| ninja | A class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations |
| old school | A class of people favoring / favoring traditional ideas |
| peasantry | The class of peasants |
| underworld | The criminal class |
| upper class, upper crust | The class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy |
| womanhood, woman, fair sex | women as a class |
| world, domain | people in general |
| yeomanry | Class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land |
| Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
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| Spanish | clase, clase social |
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| Catalan | classe, classe social, estrat |
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