Roget's Thesaurus

#204. 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) 223; 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. 223.

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.