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1. The cloak as a symbol of authority
   "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
    
2. (geology) the layer of the Earth between the crust and the core
    
3. Anything that covers
   "there was a mantle of snow";
   - blanket
    
4. (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
   - pallium
    
5. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
   - mantel, mantelpiece, mantlepiece, chimneypiece
    
6. Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
   - curtain, drape, drapery, pall
    
7. A sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
   - cape

1. Spread over a surface, like a mantle
    
2. Cover like a mantle
   "The ivy mantles the building"

1. United States baseball player (1931-1997)
   - Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle

Sounds like: manors, mannntle, ma

Derived forms: mantled, mantles, mantling

Type of: ballplayer, baseball player, blind, cloak, cover, covering, cuticle, diffuse, epidermis, fan out, furnishing, layer, natural covering, screen, shelf, spread, spread out, spread over, symbol

Part of: fireplace, geosphere, hearth, lithosphere, open fireplace

Encyclopedia: Mantle, John