as in to stack
to form or arrange parts or pieces of something on top of each other; to form or arrange (something) in layers
The next step in the recipe is to layer the pasta and the sauce in the pan. We layered the fruit with whipped cream and served it with cookies.
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Recent Examples of layer
Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
The Old Jordans estate is swaddled in layers upon layers of history.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025
Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Four Classic Designs Artist Denise Fiedler created the works with gouache and acrylic paint layered on vintage gardening book pages, then assembled on archival cotton board.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Ground the table with a tablecloth or runner, and layer plates, bowls, and napkins in your preferred fall color scheme.
—Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
The Old Jordans estate is swaddled in layers upon layers of history.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
The researchers layered in a six-part approach to making the model smarter without increasing its size.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Four Classic Designs Artist Denise Fiedler created the works with gouache and acrylic paint layered on vintage gardening book pages, then assembled on archival cotton board.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for layer
Verb
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In a low rectangular building in Kinshasa's main university, shelves are stacked with plastic tubs of palm weevils.—
Emmet Livingstone,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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The Starship, standing 403 feet tall when fully stacked, is regarded as the world's largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever developed.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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My husband has been muttering in a loop about tuition, books, food, and transportation to and from home to campus.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
15 Sep. 2025
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The western United States is running drier than average during a 30-year drought, which can create a feedback loop of higher temperatures and lower precipitation.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At every level—executive, judicial, legislative, corporate, institutional, media—every single guardrail that is supposed to protect our democracy is buckling.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Sep. 2025
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Sea-level rise has long been a pesky issue at the Coliseum, presenting problems for the buyers’ goals of eventually transforming the property into a new hub of live sports, entertainment, restaurants, retail, hotels and new housing.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This works fine in development, but in production, latency and network overhead pile up fast.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Issues pile up The first several years in Sage Crossing were relatively peaceful, Daniels said.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
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The corrugation process guarantees that the containers are robust and lightweight, which is necessary for stacking and transportation in an efficient manner.—
CMG Containers,
Sun Sentinel,
1 May 2024
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And—as expected—the solid rear axle does its usual dance on corrugations as well as its obligatory wag on big one-wheel bumps.—
Barry Winfield,
Car and Driver,
1 Aug. 2023
Noun
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Huawei Watch Ultimate 2 The Watch Ultimate 2 is one of Huawei’s highest-tier smartwatches right now.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Offering a more expensive price tier for the iPhone allows Apple to generate more revenue without selling more units during what has been, until recently, a rocky smartphone market.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Excavating wetlands, as various studies have suggested, would yield soil that could be mounded into sound-blocking berms, as at Brooklyn Bridge Park; lookouts, as on Governors Island; and undulating grasslands like those at Freshkills.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
9 Sep. 2025
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Pruning 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia naturally develops a low mounding crown that requires little pruning to maintain.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
26 Aug. 2025
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Standard toilet paper products that are generally beneficial for the septic system include recycled toilet paper, biodegradable toilet paper, tree-free toilet paper, single-ply toilet paper, and soft two-ply toilet paper.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Aug. 2025
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But, frankly, some folks in black and orange came off as double-ply soft in that moment.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Layer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layer. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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