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mantle
English
- 🔊 (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”
- 🔊 the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- 🔊 United States baseball player (1931-1997)
- 🔊 a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- 🔊 anything that covers“there was a blanket of snow”
- 🔊 shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
- 🔊 hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- 🔊 cover like a mantle“The ivy mantles the building”
- 🔊 spread over a surface, like a mantle
Spanish
- 🔊 manto mantle