Usually means: Layering one material within another.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. interlay: Merriam-Webster
  2. interlay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. interlay: Collins English Dictionary
  4. interlay: Wiktionary
  5. interlay: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. interlay: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. interlay: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Interlay, interlay: Dictionary.com
  9. Interlay: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. interlay: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Interlay: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. interlay: FreeDictionary.org
  13. interlay: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. interlay: Wordnik

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (interlay)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To insert layers of a different material between.

Similar:
interlayer, interstratify, inlay, interpose, interlaminate, interleave, interpage, underlayer, interplace, interpolate, more...

Types:
brick, flagstone, cobblestone, pavers, gravel, more...

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Similar:
interlayer, interstratify, inlay, interpose, interlaminate, interleave, interpage, underlayer, interplace, interpolate, more...

Types:
brick, flagstone, cobblestone, pavers, gravel, more...



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