layered


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
layer/ˈleɪə(r)/
noun
  • 1 a sheet or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body.
  • 2 a person or thing that lays something.
  • 3 a shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant.
verb (often as adj. layered)
  • 1 arrange or cut in a layer or layers.
  • 2 propagate (a plant) as a layer.
– origin ME (denoting a mason): from lay1 + -er1.
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