| mantle | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. mantle | the cloak as a symbol of authority.; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders" |
| ~ symbol | an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance. |
| n. (person) | 2. mantle, mickey charles mantle, mickey mantle | United States baseball player (1931-1997). |
| ~ ballplayer, baseball player | an athlete who plays baseball. |
| n. (object) | 3. mantle | the layer of the earth between the crust and the core. |
| ~ layer | a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another. |
| ~ geosphere, lithosphere | the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle. |
| ~ lower mantle | the deeper part of the mantle. |
| ~ upper mantle | the upper part of the mantle. |
| n. (object) | 4. blanket, mantle | anything that covers.; "there was a blanket of snow" |
| ~ covering, natural covering, cover | a natural object that covers or envelops.; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" |
| n. (body) | 5. mantle, pallium | (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell. |
| ~ epidermis, cuticle | the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates. |
| ~ zoological science, zoology | the branch of biology that studies animals. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. chimneypiece, mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece | shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" |
| ~ fireplace, hearth, open fireplace | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built.; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires" |
| ~ shelf | a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window). |
| ~ screen, blind | a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight.; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" |
| ~ drop cloth, drop curtain, drop | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery. |
| ~ eyelet, eyehole | a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar. |
| ~ festoon | a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves. |
| ~ frontal | a drapery that covers the front of an altar. |
| ~ furnishing | (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable. |
| ~ portiere | a heavy curtain hung across a doorway. |
| ~ shower curtain | a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area. |
| ~ theater curtain, theatre curtain | a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. cape, mantle | a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter. |
| ~ chlamys | a short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men in ancient Greece. |
| ~ cloak | a loose outer garment. |
| ~ mantelet, mantilla | short cape worn by women. |
| ~ pelisse | a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur. |
| ~ tippet | a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten. |
| v. (motion) | 9. mantle | spread over a surface, like a mantle. |
| ~ diffuse, fan out, spread out, spread | move outward.; "The soldiers fanned out" |
| v. (contact) | 10. mantle | cover like a mantle.; "The ivy mantles the building" |
| ~ spread over, cover | form a cover over.; "The grass covered the grave" |
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