noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ fine , thin
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Everything was covered with a fine ~ of dust.
▪ deep , dense , heavy , thick
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Mulch with a generous ~ of peat or compost.
▪ bottom , inner , innermost , lower , middle , outer , outermost , surface , top , upper , uppermost
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the upper ~s of the earth's atmosphere
▪ double , single
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The product is made from a single ~ of plastic.
▪ added , additional , extra
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They put on thick hats and extra ~s of clothing.
▪ alternating
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The recipe calls for alternating ~s of meat sauce and pasta.
▪ protective
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a protective ~ of black plastic
▪ ozone
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holes in the ozone ~
▪ cloud
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We're flying just below a cloud ~ at 33 000 feet.
VERB + LAYER
▪ form
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Use enough gravel to form a ~ about 50mm thick.
▪ add , apply
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He paints a base coat, allows it to dry, and then adds ~s of paint.
▪ be covered by , be covered with
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The body had been covered with a thin ~ of soil.
▪ peel away , peel back , remove
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I decided to peel back the ~s of this story. ( figurative )
LAYER + NOUN
▪ cake ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ beneath a/the ~ , under a/the ~
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Beneath the surface ~ of the skin are several further layers.
▪ in ~s
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The building is constructed in ~s.
▪ ~ of
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an extra ~ of clothing
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a ~ of bureaucracy
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multiple ~s of meaning ( figurative )
PHRASES
▪ ~ after ~ , ~ upon ~
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The remains lay buried under ~ upon ~ of black earth.