mantle
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See also mantel
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[edit] Etymology
From Old English mentel 'sleeveless cloak', from Latin mantellum, mantēllum, 'covering, cloak', diminutive of mantum, from Gaulish.
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mantle (plural mantles)
- a piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops
- (figuratively) anything that covers or conceals something else
- the zone of hot gases around a flame; the gauzy incandescent covering of a gas lamp
- (anatomy) the cerebral cortex
- (geology) the layer between the Earth's core and crust
- (zoology) the body wall of a mollusc/mollusk
- Alternative spelling of mantel., fireplace shelf.
- The top of a woman's torso, from her shoulders to her breasts
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clothing like a cloak
figurative: anything that covers or conceals something else
incandescent gauze in a gas lamp
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geology: layer of the Earth
(mantel): See mantel
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to mantle (third-person singular simple present mantles, present participle mantling, simple past and past participle mantled)
- (transitive) To cover or conceal (something).
- (intransitive) To become covered or concealed.
[edit] External links
Gas mantle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Gas mantle
Mantle (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Mantle (geology)
mantle (mollusc) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:mantle (mollusc)