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Meaning of 'layer' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Layer [ n.]
- One who, or that which, lays.
- 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.
- A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.
- An artificial oyster bed.

Meaning of 'layer' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . layer [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
Example in sentence:
  • a good actor communicates on several levels;
  • a simile has at least two layers of meaning;
  • the mind functions on many strata simultaneously
Meaning (2):
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
Example in sentence:
  • slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
3 . layer [ v]
Meaning (3):
- make or form a layer
Example in sentence:
  • layer the different colored sands