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  • 31layer — Synonyms and related words: Appleton layer, F layer, Heaviside Kennelly layer, Van Allen belt, arrange in layers, belt, bookie, chemosphere, delaminate, desquamate, exfoliate, flake, ionosphere, isothermal region, laminate, lay down, lay up,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 32layer — I. noun Date: 13th century 1. one that lays (as a worker who lays brick or a hen that lays eggs) 2. a. one thickness, course, or fold laid or lying over or under another b. stratum c. horizon 2 3. a. a branch or shoot of a plant that roots while… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 33layer — noun 1》 a sheet or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body. 2》 a person or thing that lays something. 3》 a shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant. verb [often as adjective layered]… …

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  • 34layer*/*/ — [ˈleɪə] noun [C] 1) an amount or sheet of a substance that covers a surface or lies between two things Glue the layers together and let them dry.[/ex] Put a layer of grated cheese on top.[/ex] 2) a level or rank within an organization or system… …

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  • 35layer — n. & v. n. 1 a thickness of matter, esp. one of several, covering a surface. 2 a person or thing that lays. 3 a hen that lays eggs. 4 a shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant. v.tr. 1 a arrange in layers. b cut (hair) …

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  • 36LAYER — v. a. T. d Eaux et Forêts. (Il se conjugue comme Payer. ) Tracer une laie, une route étroite dans une forêt. Layer un bois, une forêt. Voyez LAIE. LAYÉ, ÉE. participe …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 37LAYER — v. tr. T. d’Eaux et Forêts Traverser un bois, une forêt par une laie, un layon. Layer un bois, une forêt. Il signifie, par analogie, Séparer par une voie étroite une partie de bois destinée à être vendue. Il signifie encore, par extension,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 38layer — 1. noun /leɪə,lɛə,ˈleɪ.ɚ/ a) A single thickness of some material covering a surface b) A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum …

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  • 39layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam …

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  • 40layer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Thickness set upon another Nouns 1. layer, stratum, couch, bed, zone, substratum, floor, stage, story, tier, slab, fold, flap, ply, veneer, lap, table, tablet, board, plank, platter, course. See… …

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