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Meaning of mantle

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  mantle
      n 1: the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of
           authority on younger shoulders"
      2: United States baseball player (1931-1997) [syn: {Mantle},
         {Mickey Mantle}, {Mickey Charles Mantle}]
      3: the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
      4: anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn:
         {blanket}, {mantle}]
      5: (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or
         brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell [syn:
         {mantle}, {pallium}]
      6: shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain
         they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: {mantel},
         {mantelpiece}, {mantle}, {mantlepiece}, {chimneypiece}]
      7: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn:
         {curtain}, {drape}, {drapery}, {mantle}, {pall}]
      8: a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter [syn: {cape},
         {mantle}]
      v 1: spread over a surface, like a mantle
      2: cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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