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Definition of mantle
1a : a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloakb : a figurative cloak symbolizing preeminence or authority accepted the mantle of leadership
2a : something that covers, enfolds, or envelops (see envelop 1) The ground was covered with a mantle of leaves.b (1) : a fold or lobe or pair of lobes of the body wall of a mollusk or brachiopod that in shell-bearing forms lines the shell and bears shell-secreting glands (2) : the soft external body wall that lines the test or shell of a tunicate or barnacle (see barnacle 2)c : the outer wall and casing of a blast furnace above the hearth (see hearth 1c); broadly : an insulated support or casing in which something is heated
3 : the upper back of a bird
4 : a lacy hood or sheath of some refractory (see 1refractory 3) material that gives light by incandescence when placed over a flame
5a : regolithb : the part of the interior of a terrestrial (see terrestrial 3) planet and especially the earth that lies beneath the crust and above the central core
6 : mantel
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Examples of mantle in a Sentence
She accepted the mantle of leadership.
a long black velvet mantle
Recent Examples of mantle from the Web
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Senior guards Margie Villaruz and Kayla Kinney inherit the leadership mantle.
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Tokuda pulls on a sniper’s ghillie mantle, a cloak of leaves that turns his character into a shuffling bush.
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Imagine that the Europa orbiter and subsequent lander survived the harsh conditions on Europa, only to discover that the cracks in the ice-mantle show evidence of organic life.
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The fact that our friend and ally has come to question the very worth of its mantle of global leadership, puts into sharper focus the need for the rest of us to set our own clear and sovereign course.
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With Cheserek unable to run, UO distance runner Tanner Anderson picks up the mantle.
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After three decades of rapid economic growth, China is assuming a mantle of leadership in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
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CB ▪ Real Friends – which performs at 6:15 p.m. at The Underground in the AvidXChange Music Factory – has proudly picked up the pop-punk mantle where bands like Jimmy Eat World and Brand New left off in the ’90s.
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This Illinois five-piece has proudly picked up the pop-punk mantle where bands like Jimmy Eat World and Brand New left off in the ’90s.
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Origin and Etymology of mantle
Middle English mantel, from Anglo-French, from Latin mantellum
Examples of mantle in a Sentence
early-morning fog mantled the fields along the river
Origin and Etymology of mantle
see 1mantle
Mantle
playDefinition of Mantle
Mickey (Charles) 1931–1995 American baseball player
MANTLE Defined for English Language Learners
mantle
playDefinition of mantle for English Language Learners
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: a loose piece of clothing without sleeves that was worn over other clothes especially in the past
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: something that covers or surrounds something else
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: the position of someone who has responsibility or authority
mantle
Definition of mantle for English Language Learners
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: to cover or surround (something)
MANTLE Defined for Kids
mantle
playDefinition of mantle for Students
1 : a loose sleeveless outer garment
2 : something that covers or wraps The town was covered with a mantle of snow.
3 : the part of the earth's interior beneath the crust and above the central core
4 : a fold of the body wall of a mollusk that produces the shell material
Medical Dictionary
mantle
playMedical Definition of mantle
1: something that covers, enfolds, or envelops
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