mantle
A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by…A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
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» Mercury has three main geological layers: a core, a mantle, and a crust.
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Examples
10 sentencesMercury has three main geological layers: a core, a mantle, and a crust.
Magma from the mantle or lower crust rises through its crust towards the surface.
deMagma aus dem Mantel oder der unteren Kruste steigt durch die Kruste zur Oberfläche empor. — Yorwba
I could see that her fingers were trembling as she undid the fastenings of her mantle.
Meaning
13 sensesA piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
Umhang, Mantel
ма́нтияmántija, манто́mantó
The layer between Earth's core and crust.
Erdmantel, Mantel
ма́нтияmántija
the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
Glühstrumpf
кали́льная се́ткаkalílʹnaja sétka
More meanings 10
(figuratively)Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
Mantel, Hülle, Umhüllung
The cerebral cortex.
Hirnrinde, Rinde
(figuratively)A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
At the meeting, she finally assumed the mantle of leadership of the party.
The movement strove to put women under the protective mantle of civil rights laws.
The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
Mantel
ма́нтияmántija
The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
The zone of hot gases around a flame.
The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
A penstock for a water wheel.
Any similar layer in an exoplanet.
Origin
From Middle English mantel, from Old English mæntel, mentel (“sleeveless cloak”), from ProFrom Middle English mantel, from Old English mæntel, mentel (“sleeveless cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *mantel; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman mantel, both from Latin mantellum (“covering, cloak”) (French manteau), diminutive of mantum (Spanish manto), probably from Gaulish *mantos, *mantalos (“trodden road”), from Proto-Celtic *mantos, *mantlos, from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (“tread, press together; crumble”). Compare Icelandic möttull. Doublet of manteau.
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Forms
plural: mantlesSynonyms
13 synonyms- United States baseball player (1931-1997):Mickey MantleMickey Charles Mantle
- anything that covers:blanket
- (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell:pallium
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace:mantelmantelpiecemantlepiecechimneypiece
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window):curtaindrapedraperypall
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter:cape
Word family
22 related wordsSee also
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