underlayer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A layer that is below another layer.
  2. A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.
  3. One who underlays.
verb
  1. To form a layer beneath another

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underlayer.wav

Word forms

underlayer underlayers underlayering underlayered

Etymology

From under- + layer.

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