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MANTLE

Definition:

1. [noun] the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
   
   
2. [noun] United States baseball player (1931-1997)
   Synonyms: Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle
   
   
3. [noun] the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
   
   
4. [noun] anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow"
   Synonyms: blanket
   
   
5. [noun] (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
   Synonyms: pallium
   
   
6. [noun] shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
   Synonyms: mantel, mantelpiece, piece, chimneypiece
   
   
7. [noun] hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
   Synonyms: curtain, drape, drapery, pall
   
   
8. [noun] a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
   Synonyms: cape
   
   
9. [verb] spread over a surface, like a mantle
   
   
10. [verb] cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"
    
    

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Related Words:

• drop curtain, drop cloth, drop
• festoon
• frontal
• portiere
• shower curtain
• theater curtain, theatre curtain
• chlamys
• mantelet, mantilla
• pelisse
• tippet

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