LAYER
What does "LAYER" mean?
A single thickness of material spread over or under another.
Meanings
- A sheet or coating of a substance lying over or beneath another. A thin layer of frost covered the windshield.
- To arrange or build up in layers. Layer the pasta, sauce, and cheese before baking.
- A level in a hierarchy, system, or stack of abstractions. The network's application layer handles the user-facing requests. technical
- A hen kept specifically for producing eggs. These hens are good layers, giving an egg almost daily.
Word origin
From Middle English 'leyer', meaning one who or that which lays, from the verb 'lay' plus the agent suffix '-er'.
Remember it
LAYER = one who LAYs + ER: a hen that lays eggs is literally a 'layer', same word.
A little poem
Snow on the field, soil under snow,
and under soil the older snows-
the world keeps everything it knows.
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Wordplay
- Why don't onions ever win an argument? Every point just adds another layer until everyone's in tears.
What it teaches
Depth is just patience made visible - one thin layer at a time, never the whole at once.
Quick facts
What does LAYER mean?
A single thickness of material spread over or under another.
Is LAYER a valid word?
Yes — LAYER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LAYER?
LAYER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LAYER come from?
From Middle English 'leyer', meaning one who or that which lays, from the verb 'lay' plus the agent suffix '-er'.
What can LAYER teach us?
Depth is just patience made visible - one thin layer at a time, never the whole at once.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.