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a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
(noun) pall, mantle, curtain, drape, drapery
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
(noun) mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece
shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece
(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
(noun) mantle
the cloak as a symbol of authority
place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders
anything that covers
there was a blanket of snow
(noun) mantle
the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
(noun) Mickey Charles Mantle, Mickey Mantle
United States baseball player (1931-1997)
(verb) mantle
cover like a mantle
The ivy mantles the building
(verb) mantle
spread over a surface, like a mantle