mantle – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: symbol,
layer,
cover,
covering,
natural covering,
epidermis,
cuticle,
shelf,
screen,
blind,
furnishing,
cloak,
diffuse,
fan out,
spread out,
spread,
spread over
mantle
n.
sleeveless cape or cloak; covering, something which conceals or envelopes; (Geology) layer of the earth which lies between the crust and the core
v.
cover with a mantle, wrap in a cloak; hide, conceal; spread across or over; blush; be coated
Mantle
Mantle may refer to:
- Mantle (geology), a layer in the interior of Earth or another planet
- Mantle (clothing), a cloak-like garment worn mainly by women as fashionable outerwear
- Mantle (vesture), an Eastern Orthodox vesture worn by monastics and higher clergy
- Mantle (surname)
- Mantle, part of the bird anatomy
- Mantle (climbing), the external covering of a climbing rope.
- Mantle, a black and white dog coat colour, especially in Great Danes
- Mantle (mollusc), a layer of tissue in molluscs which secretes the shell
- Gas mantle, a device for generating bright white light when heated by a flame
- The Mantle, an album by Agalloch
- Mantle Site, Wendat (Huron) Ancestral Village, in Whitchurch-Stouffville, near Toronto
- Mantle (API), a low-level GPU API developed by AMD
Mantle
Noun
1. United States baseball player (1931-1997)
(synonym) Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle
(hypernym) ballplayer, baseball player
mantle
Noun
1. the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
(hypernym) symbol
2. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
(hypernym) layer
(part-holonym) lithosphere, geosphere
(part-meronym) lower mantle
3. anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow"
(synonym) blanket
(hypernym) covering, natural covering, cover
4. (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
(synonym) pallium
(hypernym) epidermis, cuticle
(classification) zoology, zoological science
5. shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
(synonym) mantel, mantelpiece, mantlepiece, chimneypiece
(hypernym) shelf
(part-holonym) fireplace, hearth, open fireplace
6. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
(synonym) curtain, drape, drapery, pall
(hypernym) blind, screen
(hyponym) drop curtain, drop cloth, drop
7. a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
(synonym) cape
(hypernym) cloak
(hyponym) chlamys
Verb
1. spread over a surface, like a mantle
(hypernym) diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
(derivation) blanket
2. cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"
(hypernym) cover, spread over
(derivation) blanket
mantle
n.
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Mantle
(v. t.)
To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.
(v. i.)
To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.
(v. i.)
To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.
(v. i.)
To spread out; -- said of wings.
(v. i.)
To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
(n.)
The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
(n.)
The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus.
(n.)
The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
(n.)
Same as Mantling.
(n.)
Any free, outer membrane.
(n.)
A penstock for a water wheel.
(n.)
A mantel. See Mantel.
(n.)
A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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