… we have geological strata that date back three and a half billion years and we find in them the remains of a steady succession of life that can be dated very accurately. Pamela Weintraub
: a dish that is made up of layers of bread, cheese, and meat or vegetables over which a mixture of eggs and milk is poured and that is usually refrigerated before it is baked
a ham and cheese strata
Word History
Etymology
Noun
probably from strata, plural of stratum, taken as a singular noun