Mantle
WordNet
noun
(1) A sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
(2) Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
(3) Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
"In England they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
(4) (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
(5) The cloak as a symbol of authority
"Place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
(6) Anything that covers
"There was a blanket of snow"
(7) The layer of the earth between the crust and the core
(8) United States baseball player (1931-1997)
verb
(9) Cover like a mantle
"The ivy mantles the building"
(10) Spread over a surface, like a mantle
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Etymology
From mentel 'sleeveless cloak', from mantellum, mantēllum, 'covering, cloak', diminutive of mantum, from Gaulish.
Noun
- a piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops
- anything that covers or conceals something else
- the zone of hot gases around a flame; the gauzy incandescent covering of a gas lamp
- the cerebral cortex
- the layer between the Earth's core and crust
- the body wall of a mollusc/mollusk
- , fireplace shelf.
- The top of a woman's torso, from her shoulders to her breasts
Verb
- To cover or conceal (something).
- To become covered or concealed.