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Word: Layer
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (denoting a mason): from lay+ -er. The sense ‘stratum of material covering a surface’ (early 17th century) may represent a respelling of an obsolete agricultural use of lair denoting quality of soil
ˈleɪə
a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body
Short Definition:sheet or thickness of material
Examples:- arrange a layer of aubergines in a dish
- layers of winter clothing
- bears depend on a layer of blubber to keep them warm in the water
- the structure of deception takes on another layer
a person or thing that lays something
Short Definition:person or thing that lays
Examples:- the majority of fish are egg-layers
a shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant
Short Definition:shoot that takes root
Examples:- they can be increased from cuttings and layers
Word: Layer
Speech Type: Verb
ˈleɪə
arrange in a layer or layers
Short Definition:arrange in layer or layers
Examples:- in an ovenproof dish layer the potato and courgette slices
propagate (a plant) as a layer.
Short Definition:propagate plant as layer
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