noun
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
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Examples
- slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
noun
a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
noun
an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
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Examples
- a good actor communicates on several levels
- a simile has at least two layers of meaning
- the mind functions on many strata simultaneously
noun
a hen that lays eggs
noun
thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
verb
make or form a layer
Examples
- layer the different colored sands
adjective
characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
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- set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
- the lay ministry
adjective
not of or from a profession
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- a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease