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Moderatelayers
The correct spelling is layers.
How to pronounce layers
/lɛəz/
nounIPA: /lɛəz/
Say it like: Lay-ers
The correct spelling is layers. A single thickness of some material covering a surface. For example: "After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer."
Usage Examples
“After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer.”
“I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.”
“mired in layers of deceit”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
- 2.A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
- 3.One of the items in a hierarchy.
- 4.(by analogy to a stack of transparencies) one in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.
- 5.A person who lays things, such as tiles.
verb
- 1.To cut or divide (something) into layers
- 2.To arrange (something) in layers.
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