Overview of noun layer

The noun layer has 5 senses

• layer, bed -- (single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach")


• layer -- (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)


• level, layer, stratum -- (an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously")


• layer -- (a hen that lays eggs)


• layer -- (thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells)

Overview of verb layer

The verb layer has 1 sense

• layer -- (make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands")