Definitions for stratum

Overview of noun stratum

The noun stratum has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (3) stratum

(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))

2. class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class

(people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class")

3. level, layer, stratum

(an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously")