Defenition of the word mantle
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Defenition of the word mantle
- A zone in the Earth's interior between the crust and the core that is 2,900 kilometers (1,740 miles) thick.
- anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow"
- a sleeveless garment like cloak but shorter
- hanging cloth used as a blind
- projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
- the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- cover like a mantle: "The ivy mantles the building"
- spread over a surface, like a mantle
- (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
- United States baseball player (1931-1997)
- cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
- the cloak as a symbol of authority
- anything that covers
- cover like a mantle
Synonyms for the word mantle
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- blanket
- cape
- chimneypiece
- cloak
- covering
- curtain
- drape
- drapery
- facade
- function
- layer
- mantel
- mantelpiece
- mantlepiece
- pall
- pallium
- responsibility
- role
- shroud
- veil
- veneer
Similar words in the mantle
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- mantle
- mantle's
- mantled
- mantles
Meronymys for the word mantle
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- fireplace
- geosphere
- hearth
- lithosphere
- lower mantle
- open fireplace
- upper mantle
Hyponyms for the word mantle
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- chlamys
- drop
- drop cloth
- drop curtain
- festoon
- frontal
- mantelet
- mantilla
- pelisse
- portiere
- shower curtain
- theater curtain
- theatre curtain
- tippet
Hypernyms for the word mantle
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- ballplayer
- baseball player
- blind
- cloak
- cover
- covering
- cuticle
- diffuse
- epidermis
- fan out
- furnishing
- furnishings
- layer
- natural covering
- screen
- shelf
- spread
- spread out
- spread over
- symbol
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