English to English
noun
- one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
source: WordNet 3.0
- people having the same social, economic, or educational status
The working class.
An emerging professional class.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively.
source: Webster 1913
