Noun

(en noun)

A single thickness of some material covering a surface.

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 .

# An item of clothing worn under or over another.

It's cold now but it will warm up this afternoon. Make sure you wear layers .

A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.

I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.

A person who lays things, such as tiles.

A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.

When dealing with an infestation of headlice, the first step is to eliminate the layers .

A hen kept to lay eggs.

A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.

Noun

(en noun)

A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to coarser wood or other material.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].}}

An attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings.

* 2014 December 5, " Joy From the World," The New York Times Magazine (retrieved 6 December 2014):

“Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer .”