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
Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
These changes reveal how the base layer is performing and whether cracks or strain are forming beneath the surface.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Aged for 11 years in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks, then finished for over eight months in ex-Caribbean rum barrels, this expression layers Lagavulin’s signature peat smoke with tropical sweetness.
—Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The latest fossils emerged from a layer of sandy silt just above an extraordinary trackway of hominin footprints made public last year.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
These changes reveal how the base layer is performing and whether cracks or strain are forming beneath the surface.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
These shirts can be worn alone or layered on top of an undershirt as an extra layer.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Aged for 11 years in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks, then finished for over eight months in ex-Caribbean rum barrels, this expression layers Lagavulin’s signature peat smoke with tropical sweetness.
—Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for layer
Verb
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Women who don’t naturally meet those ideals are left struggling to win a competition stacked against them.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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The space, on Liberty’s second floor, was transformed with an industrial edge and a music vibe with fly-postering installations and stacked speaker walls.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The bottoms also have flat rivets at the back and watch pocket, single needle stitching construction, back darter risers, and three-point belt loops for a sleek look.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Oct. 2025
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The new design also features a backstrap, clip, and metal loop rivet, giving fans multiple ways to personalize their look.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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However, there are an equal amount of people who doubt his ability to stick around at the professional level.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Oct. 2025
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In 2019, the state of New Jersey ordered the owner of an industrial plant in West Deptford to address chemical contamination at the site, where high levels of PFNA had been found in the nearby soil and water.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The bizarre encounters and conflicts pile up.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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To avoid the penalty and still take advantage, teams are piling their biggest and most powerful defenders around the edges of the long snapper and using the crevices around a mostly stationary player to get into position for the block.—
Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 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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Instead, a section of United fans continued around the bottom tier into one of the side stands of the Emirates, and there were around 1,000 empty seats as a result.—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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As with the first tier, fees increase over the next three years to 2028, where fees top out at the higher of $33 per net ton or $250 a container.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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A little over three weeks ago, Daniel Palencia was doubled over in pain on the Wrigley Field mound and about to exit a disastrous outing.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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It's finished in wood with poplar ply walls and a spruce floor.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Oct. 2025
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To make a tire stronger, additional layers of canvas (called plies) were added.—
Wes Siler,
Outside,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Layer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layer. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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