· single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
Synonym(s): bed
Hypernym(s): artifact, artefact
· a 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"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
Hypernym(s): place
· a hen that lays eggs
· thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
Hypernym(s): structure, anatomical_structure, complex_body_part, bodily_structure, body_structure
· make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"
Hypernym(s): shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge