layer
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- laminate part holonym
Related & opposite
- layer derivation
Sense 2 verb
make or form a layer
layer the different colored sands
Types & categories
- shape hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
Types & categories
- region hypernym
- stratum hyponym
- asthenosphere hyponym
- chromosphere hyponym
- crust hyponym
- exosphere hyponym
- hydrosphere hyponym
- lithosphere hyponym
- lower mantle hyponym
- mantle hyponym
- mesosphere hyponym
- ozone layer hyponym
- stratosphere hyponym
- Earth's surface hyponym
- thermosphere hyponym
- tropopause hyponym
- troposphere hyponym
- upper mantle hyponym
- cell wall hyponym
- snow hyponym
Related & opposite
- layer derivation
Sense 4 noun
an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
a good actor communicates on several levels
Types & categories
- place hypernym
Related & opposite
- layer derivation
Sense 5 noun
a hen that lays eggs
Types & categories
- hen hypernym
Related & opposite
- lay derivation
Sense 6 noun
thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
Types & categories
- anatomical structure hypernym
- blastoderm hyponym
- hypodermis hyponym
Related & opposite
- layer derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | layer |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | laminate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | artifact |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | backing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blanket |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | row |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cushion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | interlayer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lift |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overlay |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ply |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wall |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | layer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | layer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | layer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | layer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | layer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | region |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stratum |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | asthenosphere |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chromosphere |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crust |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | exosphere |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hydrosphere |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lithosphere |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lower mantle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mantle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mesosphere |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ozone layer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stratosphere |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Earth's surface |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | thermosphere |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tropopause |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | troposphere |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | upper mantle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cell wall |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | snow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | layer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | place |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lay |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | hen |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | layer |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | anatomical structure |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | blastoderm |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypodermis |