Meaning of layer In English

• 0 a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of a substance:

  • the ozone layer

  • A thick layer of clay lies over the sandstone.

  • There was a thin layer of oil on the surface of the water.

  • We stripped several layers of paint off the door.

• 1 the group of people at a particular level in an organization:

  • We've cut the number of management layers from five to three.

• 2 hair cut so that some top parts of the hair are shorter than the hair underneath, to give it a particular style:

  • I asked the hairdresser to put some layers in my hair.

  • Long layers with shorter ones around the face are best with wavy hair.

• 3 to arrange something in layers:

  • Layer the pasta with slices of tomato.

  • potatoes layered with onions

  • Can you layer it a little at the front, please?

• 4 a thin sheet of a substance on top of a surface, or a level of material that is different from the material on either side:

  • We put on two layers of paint.

  • The road was built up with layers of crushed stone and asphalt.

• 5 to arrange something in layers:

  • Layer the pasta with slices of tomato.

• 6 the group of employees or managers at a particular level of responsibility in an organization:

  • layer of bureaucracy/management She argued that a joint governing board was a needless layer of bureaucracy.

  • We've cut the number of management layers from five to three.

• 7 a thin sheet of a substance on top of a surface, or a level of material that is different from the material on either side:

  • layer of paint/soil/plastic, etc. The case was made of layers of plastic, paint, and titanium.

  • a protective/waterproof/insulating layer

• 8 one of several related ways of thinking or doing something:

  • a layer of complexity/meaning