stratum

Nouns

  • (n) 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)
  • (n) people having the same social, economic, or educational status
    • the working class
    • an emerging professional class
    social class, socio-economic class, class,
  • (n) an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
    • a good actor communicates on several levels
    • a simile has at least two layers of meaning
    • the mind functions on many strata simultaneously
    layer, level,

Synonyms

social class socio-economic class class layer level

Words of close approximity

stratus
stratus
stratum basale stratum corneum stratum germinativum stratum granulosum stratum lucidum