1 a quantity or thickness of sth that lies over a surface or between surfaces:
A thin layer of dust covered everything. * How many layers of clothing are you wearing?
2 a level or part within a system or set of ideas:
There were too many layers of management in the company. * the layers of meaning in the poem
verb [VN] [oftenpassive] to arrange sth in layers:
Layer the potatoes and onions in a dish. * Her hair had been layered (= cut to several different lengths).
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for layer is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is layer a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, layer is tagged as noun.
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