layer
♦ lay|er /l'eɪər/ (layers layering layered)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n
A layer of a material or substance is a quantity or piece of it that covers a surface or that is between two other things.
A fresh layer of snow covered the street...
Arrange all the vegetables except the potatoes in layers.
2 [N-COUNT]
If something such as a system or an idea has many layers, it has many different levels or parts.
...an astounding ten layers of staff between the factory worker and the chief executive...
Critics and the public puzzle out the layers of meaning in his photos.
3 [VERB] V n
If you layer something, you arrange it in layers.
Layer the potatoes, asparagus and salmon in the tin...ozone lay|er
[N-SING]
The ozone layer is the part of the Earth's atmosphere that has the most ozone in it. The ozone layer protects living things from the harmful radiation of the sun.
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n
A layer of a material or substance is a quantity or piece of it that covers a surface or that is between two other things.
A fresh layer of snow covered the street...
Arrange all the vegetables except the potatoes in layers.
2 [N-COUNT]
If something such as a system or an idea has many layers, it has many different levels or parts.
...an astounding ten layers of staff between the factory worker and the chief executive...
Critics and the public puzzle out the layers of meaning in his photos.
3 [VERB] V n
If you layer something, you arrange it in layers.
Layer the potatoes, asparagus and salmon in the tin...ozone lay|er
[N-SING]
The ozone layer is the part of the Earth's atmosphere that has the most ozone in it. The ozone layer protects living things from the harmful radiation of the sun.