1. Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
   - bed 
2. A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another 
3. An abstract place usually conceived as having depth
   "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"
   - level, stratum 
4. A hen that lays eggs 
5. Thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells

1. Make or form a layer
   "layer the different coloured sands"

Derived forms: layers, layered, layering

See also: lay

Type of: anatomical structure, artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], biddy, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, forge, form, hen, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], part, place, region, shape, structure, work

Part of: laminate

Encyclopedia: Layer

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