Block and Layer

Block

Block noun - A number of things considered as a unit.

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Layer and block are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Layer" instead a noun "Block".

Layer noun - Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.

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Block and layer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Block" instead a noun "Layer".

Nearby Words: layered, layering

short	short block	short layer
solid	solid block	solid layer
upper	upper block	upper layer
single	single block	single layer
Other adjectives: entire, massive, large, huge, blue, black, main, new, final, extra, underground, next, last, different.

Even if they were, raw sunlight shining through a spaceship's windows would be very harmful, since there's no ozone layer or atmosphere to block most of its ultraviolet rays.

Source: Film / Space Mutiny
He is the owner of a windowless concrete block, affectionately called The Money Bin, filled with so much cold, hard cash that the bottom layer probably collapsed into electron-degeneracy sometime in the early 1990s.

Source: Fiction 500

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