backing, mount - something forming a back that is added for strengthening

blanket - a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor

row, course - (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks"

interlayer - a layer placed between other layers

laminate - a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers

lift - one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot

ply - (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood

flat solid, sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

tier - one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"

wall - a layer of material that encloses space; "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue"

region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"

stratum - one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism)

asthenosphere - the lower layer of the crust

chromosphere - a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun

crust, Earth's crust - the outer layer of the Earth

exosphere - the outermost atmospheric layer

hydrosphere - the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor

geosphere, lithosphere - the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle

lower mantle - the deeper part of the mantle

mantle - the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

mesosphere - the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere

ozone layer, ozonosphere - a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun

stratosphere - the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere

Earth's surface, surface - the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"

thermosphere - the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere

tropopause - the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere

troposphere - the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)

upper mantle - the upper part of the mantle

snow - a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground

place - an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"

biddy, hen - adult female chicken

blastoderm, blastodisc, germinal area, germinal disc - a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula

hypodermis - layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods

anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical structure; "he has good bone structure"

form - give shape to; "form the clay into a head"