| Main Entry: | lamina |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skin |
Synonyms: |
bark, carapace, case, casing, coating, crust, cutis, derma, dermis, epidermis, fell, film, fur, hide, hull, husk, integument, jacket, membrane, outside, parchment, peel, pelt, rind, sheath, sheathing, shell, shuck, slough, surface, tegument, vellum |
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scale, peel |
Synonyms: |
cell, disk, drop, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, pellicle, plate, scab, section, shaving, sheet, skin, slice, sliver, wafer |
| Main Entry: | layer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating, tier |
Synonyms: |
band, bed, blanket, coat, coping, couch, course, cover, covering, film, flag, flap, floor, fold, girdle, lamina, lamination, lap, mantle, overlap, overlay, panel, ply, row, seam, sheet, slab, story, stratum, stripe, substratum, thickness, zone |
| Main Entry: | membrane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering layer |
Synonyms: |
film, lamina, leaf, mucosa, placenta, sheath, sheet |
| Notes: | tissue is a collection of cells that form a thin but tough structure and each type of tissue has a special function; a membrane is a thin layer of tissue |
| Main Entry: | plate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sheet, panel |
Synonyms: |
coat, disc, flake, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, plane, print, scale, slab, slice, spangle, stratum |
| Main Entry: | scale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thin covering, skin |
Synonyms: |
film, flake, incrustation, lamina, layer, plate, scurf |
| Main Entry: | sheet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating, covering; page |
Synonyms: |
area, blanket, coat, expanse, film, foil, folio, lamina, layer, leaf, membrane, overlay, pane, panel, piece, plate, ply, slab, stratum, stretch, surface, sweep, veneer |
| Main Entry: | stratum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | layer |
Synonyms: |
bed, gradation, grade, lamina, level, lode, seam, sheet, stratification, thickness, vein |
| Main Entry: | layer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
discoid, esquamate, filmy, flaky, foliaceous, foliated, ganoid, lamellar, lamellate, lamellated, lamelliform, laminated, laminiferous, membranous, micaceous, overlayed, scaly, schistose, schistous, scutiferous, squamous, squamulose, stratified, stratiform, tabular, tegulated
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| Concept: | Layer. |
| Category: | 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
layer, stratum, course, bed, zone, substratum, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escrapment; 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 (covering) [more]; eschar., stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, layers of an onion.
-verbs
slice, shave, pare, peel; delaminate; plate, coat, veneer; cover.
-adjectives
lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform; laminated, laminiferous; micaceous; schistose, schistous; scaly, filmy, membranous, flaky, squamous; foliated, foliaceous; stratified, stratiform; tabular, discoid; spathic, spathose.
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