Dictionary entry details
• LAYER (noun)
Meaning:
Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
layer; bed
Context example:
slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
Hypernyms ("layer" is a kind of...):
flat solid; sheet (a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "layer"):
wall (a layer of material that encloses space)
tier (one of two or more layers one atop another)
ply ((usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood)
lift (one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot)
interlayer (a layer placed between other layers)
course; row ((construction) a layer of masonry)
blanket (a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor)
backing; mount (something forming a back that is added for strengthening)
Holonyms ("layer" is a part of...):
laminate (a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers)
Meaning:
A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("layer" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "layer"):
ozone layer; ozonosphere (a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun)
stratosphere (the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere)
Earth's surface; surface (the outermost level of the land or sea)
thermosphere (the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere)
tropopause (the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere)
troposphere (the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude))
upper mantle (the upper part of the mantle)
cell wall (a rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic cells; maintains the shape of the cell and serves as a protective barrier)
mesosphere (the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere)
mantle (the layer of the earth between the crust and the core)
stratum (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))
asthenosphere (the lower layer of the crust)
chromosphere (a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun)
crust; Earth's crust (the outer layer of the Earth)
exosphere (the outermost atmospheric layer)
hydrosphere (the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor)
geosphere; lithosphere (the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle)
lower mantle (the deeper part of the mantle)
snow (a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground)
Meaning:
An abstract place usually conceived as having depth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
stratum; layer; level
Context examples:
a good actor communicates on several levels / a simile has at least two layers of meaning / the mind functions on many strata simultaneously
Hypernyms ("layer" is a kind of...):
place (an abstract mental location)
Meaning:
A hen that lays eggs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("layer" is a kind of...):
biddy; hen (adult female chicken)
Meaning:
Thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("layer" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "layer"):
blastoderm; blastodisc; germinal area; germinal disc (a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula)
hypodermis (layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods)
• LAYER (verb)
Meaning:
Make or form a layer
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
layer the different colored sands
Hypernyms (to "layer" is one way to...):
forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
