nnoun.artifactsingle thickness of usually some homogeneous substanceSynset:bed
Examples:- slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
Derivationally Related Form:layer
Part Holonyms:laminate
Hypernyms:artefact artifact
Inherited Hypernyms:layerartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:backingblanketcoursecushioninterlayerliftmountoverlayplyrowtierwall
Full Hyponyms:backingblanketcoursecushiondamp-proof courseinterlayerliftoverlayplyrow of brickstiertop liftwall
nnoun.locationa relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under anotherDerivationally Related Form:layer
Hypernyms:part region
Inherited Hypernyms:layerregionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Earth's crustEarth's surfaceasthenospherecell wallchromospherecrustexospheregeospherehydrospherelithospherelower mantlemantlemesosphereozone layerozonospheresnowstratospherestratumsurfacethermospheretropopausetroposphereupper mantle
Full Hyponyms:abdominal wallasthenospherebedcambiumcell wallchromospherecoal seamcorn snowcrudcrustdermisepidermisexospherefloorgeological horizonhorizonhorsthydrospherelithospherelower mantlemantlemesosphereore bedozone layerplateseamsnowsoil horizonstratospherestratumstratum corneumstratum germinativumstratum granulosumstratum lucidumsubstratesuperstratesurfacethermospheretropopausetroposphereupper mantlewall
nnoun.cognitionan abstract place usually conceived as having depthSynset:level stratum
Examples:- a good actor communicates on several levels
- a simile has at least two layers of meaning
- the mind functions on many strata simultaneously
Derivationally Related Form:layer
Hypernyms:place
Inherited Hypernyms:levelplacecognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.animala hen that lays eggsDerivationally Related Form:lay
Hypernyms:biddy hen
Inherited Hypernyms:layerhenchickendomestic fowlgallinaceous birdbirdvertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.animalthin structure composed of a single thickness of cellsDerivationally Related Form:layer
Hypernyms:anatomical structure bodily structure body structure complex body part structure
Inherited Hypernyms:layerstructurebody partpartthingphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:blastodermblastodiscgerminal areagerminal dischypodermis
Full Hyponyms:blastodermhypodermis
vverb.contactmake or form a layerExamples:- layer the different colored sands
Derivationally Related Form:layer
Hypernyms:forge form mold mould shape work
Inherited Hypernyms:layershapecreate from raw materialmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Something ---s something