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layer

10 definitions • 17 examples
1
a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of a substance:

Examples:

the ozone layer
A thick layer of clay lies over the sandstone.
There was a thin layer of oil on the surface of the water.
We stripped several layers of paint off the door.
2
the group of people at a particular level in an organization:

Examples:

We've cut the number of management layers from five to three.
3
hair cut so that some top parts of the hair are shorter than the hair underneath, to give it a particular style:

Examples:

I asked the hairdresser to put some layers in my hair.
4
to arrange something in layers:

Examples:

Layer the pasta with slices of tomato.
potatoes layered with onions
5
to cut hair so that some top parts of the hair are shorter than the hair underneath, to give it a particular style or shape:

Examples:

Can you layer it a little at the front, please?
6
a thin sheet of a substance on top of a surface, or a level of material that is different from the material on either side:

Examples:

We put on two layers of paint.
The road was built up with layers of crushed stone and asphalt.
7
to arrange something in layers:

Examples:

Layer the pasta with slices of tomato.
8

Examples:

layer of bureaucracy/management She argued that a joint governing board was a needless layer of bureaucracy.
We've cut the number of management layers from five to three.
9
a thin sheet of a substance on top of a surface, or a level of material that is different from the material on either side:

Examples:

layer of paint/soil/plastic, etc. The case was made of layers of plastic, paint, and titanium.
a protective/waterproof/insulating layer
10
one of several related ways of thinking or doing something:

Examples:

a layer of complexity/meaning

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