substrate

Meanings

Noun

• What an enzyme acts upon.
• A surface on which an organism grows, or to which an organism or an item is attached.
• An underlying layer; a substratum.
• A language that is replaced in a population by another language and that influences the language imposed on its speakers.
• A metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties.
• A surface to which a substance adheres.
• The substance lining the bottom edge of an enclosure.

Verb

• To strew or lay under.

Adjective

• Having very slight furrows.

Related

Similar words

• underlayer
• substratum

Origin

• Anglicization of substratum.