layer
/leɪər/ noun [C]Definition
› an amount of a substance covering a surface, or one of several amounts of substance, each on top of the other: the outer/top layer Place alternate layers of pasta and meat sauce in a shallow dish. The shelf was covered in a thick layer of dust.
layer verb [T] › [often passive] The potatoes are layered with onion. → See also the ozone layer(Definition of layer noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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