Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Layer

Nouns
  • layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment
  • table, tablet
  • dess
  • flagstone
  • board, plank
  • trencher, platter. plate
  • lamina, lamella
  • sheet, foil
  • wafer
  • scale, flake, peel
  • coat, pellicle
  • membrane, film
  • leaf
  • slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument etc. (covering) Covering
  • eschar. stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion. monolayer
  • bilayer
  • trilayer [Bioch.].
Verbs
  • slice, shave, pare, peel
  • delaminate
  • plate, coat, veneer
  • cover etc. Covering.
Adjectives
  • lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered
  • laminated, laminiferous
  • micaceous
  • schistose, schistous
  • scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous [Anat.]
  • foliated, foliaceous
  • stratified, stratiform
  • tabular, discoid
  • spathic, spathose. trilamellar. graphitic.