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How to pronounce layer in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms level, stratum
Type of place


a simile has at least two layers of meaning.
Type Words
Synonyms bed
Type of artefact, artifact
Has types lift, tier, mount, overlay, backing, ply, course, cushion, row, wall, blanket, interlayer
Type Words
Type of biddy, hen
Derivation lay
Type Words
Type of region, part
Has types stratum, asthenosphere, cell wall, chromosphere, crust, earth's crust, earth's surface, exosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, lower mantle, mantle, mesosphere, ozone layer, ozonosphere, snow, stratosphere, surface, thermosphere, tropopause, troposphere, upper mantle
Type Words
Type of work, mould, forge, form, shape, mold


layer the different colored sands.
Type Words
Type of bodily structure, anatomical structure, body structure, structure, complex body part
Has types germinal area, blastoderm, hypodermis, germinal disc, blastodisc

Examples of layer

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The very first layer of frosting on the entire cake should be a very thin layer.
From the omaha.com
Add the remaining potatoes in a layer, then add a layer of the remaining onions.
From the stltoday.com
When hot, add as many fillets as you can fit in a single layer without crowding.
From the sfgate.com
Arrange in a saute pan just large enough to hold the radishes in a single layer.
From the post-gazette.com
Whichever it is, this extra management layer generates bureaucracy at its worst.
From the businessweek.com
Then fill the shell with berries, wedging them close together in a single layer.
From the kansas.com
A large hole appeared in the ozone layer, far bigger than any seen there before.
From the newscientist.com
Layer the pastry scraps on top of each other and reroll and cut out as required.
From the odt.co.nz
David has developed robotic puppets, adding a whole new layer to the experience.
From the cairns.com.au
More examples
  • Make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"
  • Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
  • A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
  • Level: an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
  • A hen that lays eggs
  • Thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
  • An abstraction layer (or abstraction level) is a way of hiding the implementation details of a particular set of functionality. ...
  • The law of superposition (or the principle of superposition) is a key axiom based on observations of natural history that is a foundational principle of sedimentary stratigraphy and so of other geology dependent natural sciences: The law was formulated in the 17th century by the Danish scientist ...
  • A layer is the deposition of molecules on a substrate or base (glass, ceramic, semiconductor, or plastic/bioplastic) .