Definitions for strata

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strata stra·ta

Spelling: [strey-tuh, strat-uh, Strata is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in strata (aarstt).

Definitions for strata

noun

1. a plural of stratum.
2. (usually considered nonstandard) stratum.
3. a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another:
4. one of a number of portions or divisions likened to layers or levels:
5. Geology. a single bed of sedimentary rock, generally consisting of one kind of matter representing continuous deposition.
6. Biology. a layer of tissue; lamella.
7. Ecology. (in a plant community) a layer of vegetation, usually of the same or similar height.
8. a layer of the ocean or the atmosphere distinguished by natural or arbitrary limits.
9. Sociology. a level or grade of a people or population with reference to social position, education, etc.:
10. Linguistics. (in stratificational grammar) a major subdivision of linguistic structure. Compare level (def 17).

Origin of strata

1590-1600; Latin strātum literally, a cover, noun use of neuter of strātus, past participle of sternere to spread, strew, equivalent to strā- variant stem + -tus pas

Examples for strata

The bauxite is in beds or strata which often cover the hills like a blanket.

Gazing on the strata of the earth, he reads the fate of his species.

The new ideas were popularized for all strata of the people to imbibe.

The Maryland hailstones are unusual, but a dozen strata have often been counted.

Now my theory is, you 're in strata here of what we call the Triassic Age.

The strata of the past, so visible in other medival cities, are not apparent here.

No fossils have been found in these strata and their age is uncertain.

And now, what will be the character of these strata, old and new?

They reached their climax at the moment when the two strata began to melt into one.

From this it was only a step to the earth's strata, fossils, crystals—a fresh lecture.