Overview of noun mantle

The noun mantle has 8 senses

• mantle -- (the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders")


• Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle -- (United States baseball player (1931-1997))


• mantle -- (the layer of the earth between the crust and the core)


• blanket, mantle -- (anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow")


• mantle, pallium -- ((zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell)


• mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece -- (shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece")


• curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall -- (hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window))


• cape, mantle -- (a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter)

Overview of verb mantle

The verb mantle has 2 senses

• mantle -- (spread over a surface, like a mantle)


• mantle -- (cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building")