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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.
noun. a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape. something that covers, envelops, or conceals: The well-known street was made unfamiliar by the mantle of darkness. Synonyms: cloak, screen, blanket, cover, veil. Geology. the portion of the earth, about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) thick, between the crust and the core. Compare core 1 ( def 10 ), crust ( def 6 ).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
