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- Dictionaryman·tle/ˈman(t)əl/
noun
- 1. a loose sleeveless cloak or shawl, worn especially by women: "she was wrapped tightly in her mantle" Similar
- 2. an important role or responsibility that passes from one person to another: "the second son has now assumed his father's mantle" Similar
verb
- 1. clothe in or as if in a mantle; cloak or envelop: literary "heavy mists mantled the forested slopes"
- 2. (of a bird of prey on the ground or on a perch) spread the wings and tail so as to cover captured prey: "the female Goshawk is feeding while mantling with spread wings over her prey"
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The meaning of MANTLE is a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak. How to use mantle in a sentence. Mantle vs. Mantel
MANTLE definition: 1. the responsibilities of an important position or job, especially as given from the person who…. Learn more.
the responsibilities of an important position or job, especially as given from the person who had the job to the person who replaces them: She unsuccessfully attempted to assume the mantle of the presidency. He has been asked to take on the mantle of managing director in the New York office. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
A mantle is a word for something that blankets over something else, like the loose cloak worn by Little Red Riding Hood or the layer of earth between the crust and core. Mantle is something that envelops and covers, like a tree covered in a mantle of snow.
A mantle of something is a layer of it covering a surface, for example a layer of snow on the ground. [ written ] The parks and squares looked grim under a mantle of soot and ash.
The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core. It is about 2,900 km (1,798 mi) thick and consists mainly of magnesium-iron silicate minerals, such as olivine and pyroxene. It has an upper, partially molten part, which is about 660 km (409 mi) thick, and a lower, solid part. The upper mantle is the source of magma and volcanic lava.
[countable] a loose piece of clothing without sleeves (= parts covering the arms), worn over other clothes, especially in the past synonym cloak, covering. [singular] (geology) the part of the earth below the crust and surrounding the core. (also gas mantle)
Mantle. a covering; a quantity of furs of 30 to 100, depending on the size of the skins. Examples: mantle of darkness; of fox skins, 1545; of furs, 1490; of ivy, 1829; of meekness, 1526; of deep obscurity, 1526; of prudence, 1430; of silence; of skins; of snow; of white kid, 1549.
mantle meaning, definition, what is mantle: a loose piece of outer clothing without ...: Learn more.
A small meshwork hood made of a noncombustible substance, such as a thorium or cerium compound, which when placed over a flame, as in a lantern, gives off a brilliant incandescent light. To cover with a mantle. To cover with or as with a mantle; envelop; cloak; conceal.
