layer

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layer
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Meanings
noun
  • a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body.
    E.g. arrange a layer of aubergines in a dish
  • a person or thing that lays something.
    E.g. the majority of fish are egg-layers
  • a shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant.
    E.g. they can be increased from cuttings and layers
verb
  • arrange in a layer or layers.
    E.g. in an ovenproof dish layer the potato and courgette slices
  • propagate (a plant) as a layer.

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