covering layer

  • 1layer — ► NOUN 1) a sheet or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface. 2) (in combination ) a person or thing that lays something: a cable layer. 3) a shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant. ► VERB… …

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  • 2layer — [n] coating, tier band, bed, blanket, coat, coping, couch, course, cover, covering, film, flag, flap, floor, fold, girdle, lamina, lamination, lap, mantle, overlap, overlay, panel, ply, row, seam, sheet, slab, story, stratum, stripe, substratum,… …

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  • 3covering — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Something placed over another Nouns 1. covering, cover; superposition, superimposition; packaging; eclipse. 2. roof, ceiling, canopy, awning, tent, pavilion, marquee; umbrella, parasol, sunshade; veil,… …

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  • 4layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam …

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  • 5layer — layerable, adj. /lay euhr/, n. 1. a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint. 2. bed; stratum: alternating layers of basalt and sandstone. 3. a person or thing that lays …

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  • 6Covering — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Covering >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 covering covering cover Sgm: N 1 baldachin baldachin baldachino baldaquin Sgm: N 1 canopy canopy tilt awning tent marquee tente d abr …

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  • 7Layer — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Layer >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 layer layer stratum course bed zone substratum floor flag stage story tier slab escarpment Sgm: N 1 table …

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  • 8layer — lay•er [[t]ˈleɪ ər[/t]] n. 1) a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint[/ex] 2) bed; stratum: alternating layers of basalt and sandstone[/ex] 3) a person or thing that… …

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  • 9layer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Thickness set upon another Nouns 1. layer, stratum, couch, bed, zone, substratum, floor, stage, story, tier, slab, fold, flap, ply, veneer, lap, table, tablet, board, plank, platter, course. See… …

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  • 10Covering scale — Scale Scale, n. [Cf. AS. scealu, scalu, a shell, parings; akin to D. schaal, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. & Sw. skal a shell, Dan. ski[ae]l a fish scale, Goth. skalja tile, and E. shale, shell, and perhaps also to scale of a balance; but perhaps… …

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