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layer

/lˈeɪɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

  1. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
    “slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach”
  2. a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
  3. an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
    “a good actor communicates on several levels”
  4. a hen that lays eggs
  5. thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells

verb

  1. make or form a layer
    “layer the different colored sands”

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Words that rhyme with layer

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