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