layer
noun
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
“slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach”
Synonymsbeda relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
“a good actor communicates on several levels”
“a simile has at least two layers of meaning”
a hen that lays eggs
thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
verb
make or form a layer
“layer the different colored sands”
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University
