Read full poem →And the indigo-blue of quartz;
Flights of rose, layers of chrysoprase,
Points of orange, spirals of vermilion,
Dictionary Entry
A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
In a Sentence
“After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. layerslayers twolayers threelayers severallayers thinlayers surfacelayers upper
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Poetry examples for “layers”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →This ore occurs in nodules and balls, or in flattened Concretions,
disposed in layers, and interstratified with the shales of the coal-
measures. These balls, or concretions, run up in size from small
Read full poem →They laid their courses well,
They boiled the sea, and baked the layers
Of granite, marl, and shell.