Noun

• S: (n) layer, bed (single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance) "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• part holonym
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)
• S: (n) level, layer, stratum (an abstract place usually conceived as having depth) "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
• S: (n) layer (a hen that lays eggs)
• S: (n) layer (thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells)

Verb

• S: (v) layer (make or form a layer) "layer the different colored sands"