layer
noun
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface.
Example Sentences
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A tiny stamp, “52,” painted beneath layers of varnish on the painting’s top left corner, didn’t match any known art inventories, either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
These cylindrical samples preserve layers of material that accumulated on the ocean floor over centuries.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
There are also significant levels of private borrowing, including layers of leverage, with investors, funds and underlying businesses all borrowing at the same time against the same underlying cash flows.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
In a reel posted to Instagram, The Emmy-winning actor, 54, showed off her fresh do, with a blond blowout and layers that framed her smiling face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
This energy remained trapped in layers of atmosphere for twenty to thirty miles away from the volcano.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
