mantle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 External links 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English mentel 'sleeveless cloak', from Latin mantellum, mantēllum, 'covering, cloak', diminutive of mantum, from Gaulish.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmæn.təl/, SAMPA: /"m{n.t@l/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -æntəl
• Homophones: mantel

[edit] Noun

mantle (plural mantles)

1. a piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops
2. (figuratively) anything that covers or conceals something else
3. the zone of hot gases around a flame; the gauzy incandescent covering of a gas lamp
4. (anatomy) the cerebral cortex
5. (geology) the layer between the Earth's core and crust
6. (zoology) the body wall of a mollusc/mollusk
7. Alternative spelling of mantel., fireplace shelf.
8. The top of a woman's torso, from her shoulders to her breasts

[edit] Derived terms

• assume the mantle
• gas mantle
• mantlepiece
• mantle-tree
• upper mantle

[edit] Translations

(mantel): See mantel

[edit] Verb

to mantle (third-person singular simple present mantles, present participle mantling, simple past and past participle mantled)

1. (transitive) To cover or conceal (something).
2. (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)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aelmnt
• lament, Lament.
• malent
• mantel
• mental