stratum
One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of anotherOne of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
» This stratum goes right across the lake.
Meaning
8 sensesOne of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
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one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.
Bank
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people having the same social, economic, or educational status
Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers.
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A layer of tissue.
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A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.
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A layer of vegetation, usually of similar height.
The level of accuracy of a computer's clock, relative to others on the network.
A historical layer of a language.
Examples
3 sentencesThis stratum goes right across the lake.
The color of this stratum stands out from the rest of the cliff face.
This stratum is waterproof.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin strātum (“a spread for a bed, coverlet, quilt, blanket; a pillow, bolsBorrowed from Latin strātum (“a spread for a bed, coverlet, quilt, blanket; a pillow, bolster; a bed”), neuter singular of strātus, perfect passive participle of sternō (“spread”). Doublet of estrade and street.
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Forms
plural: strataSynonyms
8 synonyms- people having the same social, economic, or educational status:classsocial classsocio-economic class
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth:levellayer
Word family
26 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular