Layer

//lɛə//

Synonyms for "layer" (64 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

stratum thickness appleton layer arrange in layers band bedding belt bookie bookmaker chemosphere coat

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (19)

course cover deck delaminate desquamate exfoliate f layer film flake floor foil gallery heaviside-kennelly layer ionosphere isothermal region laminate lay lay down

Noun(1 words)

lay

Related words (32)

lay up ledge level lower atmosphere outer atmosphere photosphere plate scale seam sheet shelf slice spread stage step story stratify stratosphere streak substratosphere

Show 8 more words

substratum tier topsoil tropopause troposphere underlayer upper atmosphere van allen belt

Noun(3 words)

level sheet thickness

Verb(1 words)

smear

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

18 entries

anatomical structure artefact artifact biddy bodily structure body structure complex body part forge form hen mold mould part place region shape

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Synonyms

3 entries

lay level stratum

coordinate

4 entries

broiler fryer roaster stewer

derived

89 entries

Crookes layer D layer Dua's layer F layer Heaviside layer Kennelly-Heaviside layer Knudsen layer Lazarus layer Malpighian layer OSI layer OSI layer 8 Purkinje layer absciss layer abscission layer adlayer alpha layer

Showing 16 of 89 words.

derived from

1 entries

lay

is a

6 entries

artifact hen region sheet of substance structure tangible thing

manner of

1 entries

shape

part of

1 entries

laminate

related to

18 entries

bird covering cut deposit divide egg female hen hierarchy horizontal insect lay material mature stratum surface

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Translations

235 translations across 78 languages.

Adyghe

1 entries

пцум noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Albanian

1 entries

shtresë noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Arabic

1 entries

طَبَقَة noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Armenian

1 entries

շերտ noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

düzücü noun (person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager)
lay noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
qat noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
təbəqə noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Bashkir

4 entries

йомортҡа һалған noun (hen kept to lay eggs)
ҡат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
ҡат noun (item of clothing worn under or over another)
ҡатлам noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Belarusian

2 entries

пласт noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
слой noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Bengali

1 entries

পরত noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Bulgarian

4 entries

кат noun (item of clothing worn under or over another)
носачка noun (hen kept to lay eggs)
пласт noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
присадка noun (shoot of a plant)

Burmese

1 entries

အထပ် noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Catalan

2 entries

capa noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
capa noun (deposit)

Chinese

1 entries

цын noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

層 /层 noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

層 /层 noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Czech

3 entries

vrstva noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
vrstva noun (item of clothing worn under or over another)
vrstva noun (deposit)

Danish

1 entries

lag noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Dari

2 entries

طَبَقَه noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
لَایَه noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Dutch

4 entries

laag noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
laag noun (item of clothing worn under or over another)
laag noun (deposit)
legger noun (person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager)

Esperanto

4 entries

tavolo noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
tavolo noun (deposit)
tavoligi verb (to cut or divide into layers)
tavoligi verb (to arrange in layers)

Estonian

1 entries

kiht noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Finnish

4 entries

kerros noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
kerros noun (item of clothing worn under or over another)
kerros noun (deposit)
kerrostuma noun (deposit)

French

4 entries

calque noun (drawing surface (computer graphics))
couche noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
couche noun (item of clothing worn under or over another)
marcotte noun (shoot of a plant)

Galician

1 entries

capa noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Georgian

2 entries

ფენა noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
შრე noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

German

4 entries

Ableger noun (shoot of a plant)
Absenker noun (shoot of a plant)
Bekleidungsschicht noun (item of clothing worn under or over another)
Ebene noun (drawing surface (computer graphics))

Greek

4 entries

διάστρωση noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
διάστρωση noun (deposit)
καρπερή noun (hen kept to lay eggs)
στιβάδα noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Hebrew

2 entries

רוֹבֶד noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
שִׁכְבָה noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Hindi

4 entries

तबक़ा noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
तबका noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
तह noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
परत noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Hungarian

1 entries

réteg noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Icelandic

1 entries

lag noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Ido

2 entries

strato noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
strato noun (deposit)

Ingrian

1 entries

kerros noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

طَبَقِه noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
لایِه noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Irish

1 entries

sraith noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Italian

4 entries

ovaiola noun (hen kept to lay eggs)
strato noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
strato noun (item of clothing worn under or over another)
strato noun (deposit)

Japanese

4 entries

レイヤー noun (drawing surface (computer graphics))
層 noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
層 noun (deposit)
膜 noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Kazakh

3 entries

қабат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
қат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
қаттам noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Khmer

1 entries

ជាន់ noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Korean

2 entries

레이어 noun (drawing surface (computer graphics))
층 noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

кабат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
кат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
катмар noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Lao

1 entries

ຊັ້ນ noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Latvian

1 entries

slānis noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Lithuanian

1 entries

sluoksnis noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

warsta noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Macedonian

4 entries

изданок noun (shoot of a plant)
наслага noun (deposit)
наслојка noun (deposit)
несилка noun (hen kept to lay eggs)

Malay

1 entries

lapisan noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Marathi

1 entries

थर noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Mongolian

2 entries

давхарга noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
үе noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Māori

4 entries

apa noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
papanga noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
paparanga noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
tāpatupatu verb (to arrange in layers)

Norman

1 entries

pond'rêsse noun (hen kept to lay eggs)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

egglegger noun (hen kept to lay eggs)
lag noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
legger noun (person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager)
skudd noun (shoot of a plant)

Pashto

1 entries

طبقه noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Schicht noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Polish

4 entries

nioska noun (hen kept to lay eggs)
warstwa noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
cieniować verb (to cut or divide into layers)
układać warstwami verb (to arrange in layers)

Portuguese

4 entries

assentador noun (person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager)
botadeira noun (hen kept to lay eggs)
camada noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
camada noun (item of clothing worn under or over another)

Romanian

3 entries

acoperământ noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
așternut noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
strat noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Russian

4 entries

кла́дчик noun (person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager)
несу́шка noun (hen kept to lay eggs)
отводок noun (shoot of a plant)
пласт noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Sanskrit

1 entries

धातु noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

slȏj noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
сло̑ј noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Slovak

1 entries

vrstva noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Slovene

1 entries

plast noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Spanish

4 entries

capa noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
gallina ponedora noun (hen kept to lay eggs)
hijuelo noun (shoot of a plant)
ponedora noun (hen kept to lay eggs)

Swedish

4 entries

avsugare noun (shoot of a plant)
golvläggare noun (person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager)
lager noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
lager noun (item of clothing worn under or over another)

Tagalog

2 entries

saray noun (deposit)
suson noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Tajik

2 entries

табақа noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
қабат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Tatar

2 entries

кат noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
катлам noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Telugu

2 entries

పొదుగుట noun (hen kept to lay eggs)
పొర noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Thai

1 entries

ชั้น noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Turkish

4 entries

kat noun (item of clothing worn under or over another)
kat noun (deposit)
katman noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
tabaka noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Turkmen

2 entries

gat noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
gatlak noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Ukrainian

4 entries

верства́ noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
несу́чка noun (hen kept to lay eggs)
несю́чка noun (hen kept to lay eggs)
пласт noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

woršta noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Urdu

2 entries

طَبَقَہ noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
پَرَت noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Uyghur

3 entries

قات noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
قاتلام noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
قەۋەت noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Uzbek

3 entries

qat noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
qatlam noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
qavat noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Vietnamese

1 entries

lớp noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Walloon

1 entries

marcote noun (shoot of a plant)

Welsh

1 entries

haen noun (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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Without the ozone layer, we would be in danger.

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This is a layer of soil that is permanently frozen, and in some places it's many feet deep.

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This chart illustrates the function of ozone layer.

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This debate about the future of the ozone layer has been mostly about profits and politics.

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