say it: STRAT-uh-fahyd
stratified is an adjective meaning "arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks". It carries 3 recorded senses.
geology
(used of society) socially hierarchical
“American society is becoming increasingly stratified”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for stratified come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.