overlayer

What does overlayer mean?

overlayer means "protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior".

How many syllables are in overlayer?

overlayer has 3 syllables and divides as o-ver-layer under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for overlayer?

Close synonyms include sheathing, overlay. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is overlayer a common word?

overlayer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for overlayer come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.