Mantle - English meaning
Mantle – definitions in English dictionary
nounA loose sleeveless cloak or shawl, worn especially by women.
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She was wrapped tightly in her mantlenounAn important role or responsibility that passes from one person to another.
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The second son has now assumed his father's mantlenounA fragile mesh cover fixed round a gas jet, kerosene wick, etc., to give an incandescent light when heated.
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Even so, it took another 20 years or so before electric lights had largely replaced gas mantles in …nounThe region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core, believed to consist of hot, dense silicate rocks (mainly peridotite).
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Magmas erupted at mid-ocean ridges are derived from the upper mantle
verbCloak or envelop.
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Heavy mists mantled the forested slopesverb(of a bird of prey on the ground or on a perch) spread the wings and tail so as to cover captured prey.
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The female goshawk is feeding while mantling with spread wings over her prey
nounVariant spelling of mantel.
nounA mantelpiece or mantelshelf.
nounA covering, or a layer of something that covers a surface
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They escaped under the mantle of darkness., he inherited the mantle of leadership at the transit au…
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Word origin
mid 16th century: specialized use of mantle1.
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