Stratum (noun)
Strah-tum/ strey-tum
one of a number of portions or divisions likened to layers or levels.(plural strata)
First recorded 1590–1600 and comes from the Latin word strātum, which means literally “a cover.”
Example sentences
“The geologists cut through the stratum of flint”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
