stratum

English Thesaurus

1. an abstract place usually conceived as having depth (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	place,
definition	:	an abstract mental location (noun.cognition)

2. people having the same social, economic, or educational status (noun.group)

hypernym	:	people,
definition	:	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively (noun.group)

hyponym	:	domain, world,
definition	:	people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest (noun.group)

hyponym	:	age class,
definition	:	people in the same age range (noun.group)

hyponym	:	agriculture,
definition	:	the class of people engaged in growing food (noun.group)

hyponym	:	brotherhood, fraternity, sodality,
definition	:	people engaged in a particular occupation (noun.group)

hyponym	:	estate, estate of the realm, the three estates,
definition	:	a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights (noun.group)

hyponym	:	labor, labour, proletariat, working class,
definition	:	a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages (noun.group)

hyponym	:	lower class, underclass,
definition	:	the social class lowest in the social hierarchy (noun.group)

hyponym	:	bourgeoisie, middle class,
definition	:	the social class between the lower and upper classes (noun.group)

hyponym	:	booboisie,
definition	:	class consisting of all those who are considered boobs (noun.group)

hyponym	:	commonality, commonalty, commons,
definition	:	a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank (noun.group)

hyponym	:	peasantry,
definition	:	the class of peasants (noun.group)

hyponym	:	demimonde,
definition	:	a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior (noun.group)

hyponym	:	underworld,
definition	:	the criminal class (noun.group)

hyponym	:	yeomanry,
definition	:	class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land (noun.group)

hyponym	:	caste,
definition	:	a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth (noun.group)

hyponym	:	caste,
definition	:	(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity (noun.group)

hyponym	:	upper class, upper crust,
definition	:	the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy (noun.group)

hyponym	:	ninja,
definition	:	a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations (noun.group)

hyponym	:	firing line,
definition	:	the most advanced and responsible group in an activity (noun.group)

hyponym	:	immigrant class,
definition	:	recent immigrants who are lumped together as a class by their low socioeconomic status in spite of different cultural backgrounds (noun.group)

hyponym	:	center,
definition	:	politically moderate persons; centrists (noun.group)

hyponym	:	old school,
definition	:	a class of people favoring traditional ideas (noun.group)

hyponym	:	market,
definition	:	the customers for a particular product or service (noun.group)

hyponym	:	craft, trade,
definition	:	people who perform a particular kind of skilled work (noun.group)

hyponym	:	fair sex, woman, womanhood,
definition	:	women as a class (noun.group)

part meronym	:	society,
definition	:	an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization (noun.group)

member meronym	:	class structure,
definition	:	the organization of classes within a society (noun.group)

3. 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) (noun.location)

hypernym	:	layer,
definition	:	a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another (noun.location)

hyponym	:	cuticle, epidermis,
definition	:	the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates (noun.body)

hyponym	:	corneum, horny layer, stratum corneum,
definition	:	the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off (noun.body)

hyponym	:	stratum lucidum,
definition	:	the layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles (noun.body)

hyponym	:	stratum granulosum,
definition	:	the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surface (noun.body)

hyponym	:	malpighian layer, rete malpighii, stratum basale, stratum germinativum,
definition	:	the innermost layer of the epidermis (noun.body)

hyponym	:	corium, derma, dermis,
definition	:	the deep vascular inner layer of the skin (noun.body)

hyponym	:	cambium,
definition	:	the inner layer of the periosteum (noun.body)

hyponym	:	paries, wall,
definition	:	(anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure (noun.body)

hyponym	:	substrate, substratum,
definition	:	any stratum or layer lying underneath another (noun.location)

hyponym	:	superstrate, superstratum,
definition	:	any stratum or layer superimposed on another (noun.location)

hyponym	:	horizon,
definition	:	a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land (noun.location)

hyponym	:	bed, seam,
definition	:	a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit (noun.location)

hyponym	:	bed,
definition	:	(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock) (noun.object)

domain category	:	being, organism,
definition	:	a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently (noun.tops)

4. an abstract place usually conceived as having depth (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	layer,
definition	:	make or form a layer (verb.contact)

5. people having the same social, economic, or educational status (noun.group)

derivation	:	assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out,
definition	:	arrange or order by classes or categories (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	classify, relegate,
definition	:	assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition)

6. 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) (noun.location)

derivation	:	stratify,
definition	:	form layers or strata (verb.change)

derivation	:	stratify,
definition	:	divide society into social classes or castes (verb.social)

7. an abstract place usually conceived as having depth (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	layer,
definition	:	make or form a layer (verb.contact)

8. people having the same social, economic, or educational status (noun.group)

derivation	:	assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out,
definition	:	arrange or order by classes or categories (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	classify, relegate,
definition	:	assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition)

9. 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) (noun.location)

derivation	:	stratify,
definition	:	form layers or strata (verb.change)

derivation	:	stratify,
definition	:	divide society into social classes or castes (verb.social)

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