Adjacent Words

Stratified definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRATIFIED, pp. Formed into a layer, as a terrene substance.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution" [syn: graded, ranked, stratified]
2: deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock" [syn: stratified, bedded] [ant: unstratified]
3: (used of society) socially hierarchical; "American society is becoming increasingly stratified" [syn: class-conscious, stratified]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stratified Strat"i*fied, a. Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stratify Strat"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stratified; p. pr. & vb. n. Stratifying.] [Stratum + -fy: cf. F. stratifier.] To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A stratified society is one that is divided into different classes or social layers. (FORMAL) ...a highly stratified, unequal and class-divided society. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. In strata, in layers.

Moby Thesaurus

assorted, cataloged, classified, filed, filmy, foliaceous, foliated, graded, grouped, hierarchic, in layers, indexed, lamellar, lamellate, lamellated, lamelliform, laminate, laminated, laminous, leaflike, leafy, membranous, on file, pigeonholed, placed, pyramidal, ranked, rated, scummy, sorted, spathic, spathose, stratiform, tabular, three-ply, two-ply