layer
noun
[ ˈleɪə ]
• a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body.
• "arrange a layer of aubergines in a dish"
Similar:
coating,
sheet,
coat,
surface,
film,
covering,
blanket,
skin,
veneer,
thickness,
• a person or thing that lays something.
• "the majority of fish are egg-layers"
• a shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant.
• "they can be increased from cuttings and layers"
layer
verb
• arrange in a layer or layers.
• "in an ovenproof dish layer the potato and courgette slices"
• propagate (a plant) as a layer.
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a mason): from lay1 + -er1. The sense ‘stratum of material covering a surface’ (early 17th century) may represent a respelling of an obsolete agricultural use of lair1 denoting quality of soil.
