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Thesaurus > Related Words: mantle

Words related to mantle

Related / Similar Words: cape, curtain, drape, drapery, pall, mantel, mantelpiece, mantlepiece, chimneypiece, pallium, blanket, Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle

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

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    Hyponyms: chlamys, mantelet, mantilla, pelisse, tippet, drop curtain, drop cloth, drop, festoon, frontal, portiere, shower curtain, theater curtain, theatre curtain

    Part Meronyms: fireplace, hearth, open fireplace, lithosphere, geosphere

    Derivational Morphology: pall, curtain, blanket

    Anagrams: mantel, lament, mental


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