underlayer

A layer that is below another layer.

Noun

  1. A layer that is below another layer.

    Synonyms: substrate substratum

  2. A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.
  3. One who underlays.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English layer English underlayer From under- + layer.

Forms

underlayers

Verb

  1. To form a layer beneath another

Forms

underlayers underlayering underlayered