Layer meaning

What does “layer” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“layer” is a noun and verb with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.

layer

noun

  1. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

    “slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach”

    Synonymsbed
  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”

    “a simile has at least two layers of meaning”

    Synonymslevelstratum
  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”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University