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(verb) cover like a mantle: "The ivy mantles the building" |
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Related Words: cover, spread over |
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(verb) spread over a surface, like a mantle |
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Related Words: diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out |
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(noun) (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell |
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Synonyms: pallium |
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Related Words: cuticle, epidermis |
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(noun) the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders" |
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Related Words: symbol |
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(noun) the layer of the earth between the crust and the core |
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Related Words: layer |
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(noun) a sleeveless garment like cloak but shorter |
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Synonyms: cape |
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Related Words: cloak, mantelet, mantilla, pelisse, tippet |
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(noun) anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" |
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Synonyms: blanket |
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Related Words: cover, covering, natural covering |
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(noun) projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece" |
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Synonyms: chimneypiece, mantel, mantelpiece, mantlepiece |
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Related Words: shelf |
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(noun) hanging cloth used as a blind |
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Synonyms: curtain, drape, drapery, pall |
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Related Words: blind, drop, drop cloth, drop curtain, festoon, furnishings, lambrequin, portiere, screen, shower curtain, theater curtain, theatre curtain |
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