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- Dictionarymantle/ˈmantl/
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. 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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MANTLE definition: 1. the responsibilities of an important position or job, especially as given from the person who…. Learn more.
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 meaning: 1. the responsibilities of an important position or job, especially as given from the person who…. Learn more.
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.
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.
n. 1. A loose sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; a cloak. 2. Something that covers, envelops, or conceals: "On a summer night ... a mantle of dust hangs over the gravel roads" (John Dollard). 3.
mantle. noun. /ˈmæntl/ [singular] the mantle of somebody/something (literary) the role and responsibilities of an important person or job, especially when they are passed on from one person to another. The vice-president must now take on the mantle of supreme power. She will soon inherit her father’s mantle. Join us.
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.
MANTLE meaning: 1 : a loose piece of clothing without sleeves that was worn over other clothes especially in the past cloak; 2 : something that covers or surrounds something else + of.
Definition of mantle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
