Noun mantle has 8 senses
  1. mantle - the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
    --1 is a kind of
    symbol
  2. Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle - United States baseball player (1931-1997)
    --2 is a kind of ballplayer, baseball player
  3. mantle - the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
    --3 is a kind of
    layer
    --3 is a part of lithosphere, geosphere
    --3 has part: lower mantle; upper mantle
  4. blanket, mantle - anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow"
    --4 is a kind of covering, natural covering, cover
    Derived forms: verb mantle2, verb mantle1
  5. mantle, pallium - (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
    --5 is a kind of epidermis, cuticle
  6. mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece - shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
    --6 is a kind of shelf
    --6 is a part of fireplace, hearth, open fireplace
  7. curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
    --7 is a kind of blind, screen; furnishings
    --7 has particulars:
     drop curtain, drop cloth, drop; festoon; frontal; portiere; shower curtain; theater curtain, theatre curtain
  8. cape, mantle - a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
    --8 is a kind of cloak
    --8 has particulars: chlamys; mantelet, mantilla; pelisse; tippet
,Verb mantle has 2 senses
  1. mantle - spread over a surface, like a mantle
    --1 is one way to
    diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
    Derived form: noun mantle4
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  2. mantle - cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"
    --2 is one way to
    cover, spread over
    Derived form: noun mantle4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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