Layer vs Underpainting - What's the difference?
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A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
# An item of clothing worn under or over another.
A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
A person who lays things, such as tiles.
A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
A hen kept to lay eggs.
A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
(ambitransitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers
(ambitransitive) to arrange (something) in layers.
(arts) An initial layer of paint, often monochromatic, applied to a ground as a base for subsequent layers.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 13, author=Carol Kino, title=Something There Is That Loves a Wall, work=New York Times
, passage=He would start with a stenciled acrylic underpainting and finish by making marks with the chalk and charcoal shells. }}
As nouns the difference between layer and underpainting
is that layer is a single thickness of some material covering a surface while underpainting is (arts) an initial layer of paint, often monochromatic, applied to a ground as a base for subsequent layers.As a verb layer
is (ambitransitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers.layer
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Noun
(en noun)- Wrap the loaf in two layers of aluminum foil before putting it in the oven.
- After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer .
- It's cold now but it will warm up this afternoon. Make sure you wear layers .
- I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.
- When dealing with an infestation of headlice, the first step is to eliminate the layers .
Synonyms
* (stratum) stratumDerived terms
* boundary layer * ozone layerVerb
(en verb)- Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.
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