Mantel vs. Mantle
Mantelnoun
The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
Mantelnoun
(climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf.
Mantelverb
(climbing) To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
Mantelnoun
The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. The shelf is called also a mantelpiece or mantlepiece.
Mantelnoun
shelf that projects from wall above fireplace;
Mantelnoun
a mantelpiece or mantelshelf.
Mantel
Mantel is a municipality located in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria, Germany. It is known as a Markt, a town that was historically granted 'market rights'.
Mantlenoun
A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. Compare mantum.
Mantlenoun
(figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
Mantlenoun
(figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
Mantlenoun
(malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
Mantlenoun
(ornithology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
Mantlenoun
The zone of hot gases around a flame.
Mantlenoun
A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.
Mantlenoun
The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
Mantlenoun
A penstock for a water wheel.
Mantlenoun
(anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
Mantlenoun
(geology) The layer between the Earth's core and crust.
Mantlenoun
A fireplace shelf; lang=en
Mantlenoun
(heraldry) A mantling.
Mantleverb
(transitive) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
Mantleverb
(intransitive) To become covered or concealed.
Mantleverb
(intransitive) To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
Mantlenoun
A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak.
Mantlenoun
Same as Mantling.
Mantlenoun
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.
Mantlenoun
A mantel. See Mantel.
Mantlenoun
The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
Mantlenoun
A penstock for a water wheel.
Mantlenoun
The highly viscous shell of hot semisolid rock, about 1800 miles thick, lying under the crust of the Earth and above the core. Also, by analogy, a similar shell on any other planet.
Mantleverb
To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.
Mantleverb
To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; - said of hawks. Also used figuratively.
Mantleverb
To spread out; - said of wings.
Mantleverb
To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.
Mantleverb
To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
Mantlenoun
the cloak as a symbol of authority;
Mantlenoun
United States baseball player (1931-1997)
Mantlenoun
the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
Mantlenoun
anything that covers;
Mantlenoun
(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
Mantlenoun
shelf that projects from wall above fireplace;
Mantlenoun
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
Mantlenoun
a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
Mantleverb
spread over a surface, like a mantle
Mantleverb
cover like a mantle;
Mantlenoun
a loose sleeveless cloak or shawl, worn especially by women
Mantlenoun
a covering of a specified sort
Mantlenoun
a bird's back, scapulars, and wing coverts, especially when of a distinctive colour
Mantlenoun
(in molluscs, cirripedes, and brachiopods) a fold of skin enclosing the viscera and secreting the shell.
Mantlenoun
an important role or responsibility that passes from one person to another
Mantlenoun
a fragile mesh cover fixed round a gas jet, kerosene wick, etc., to give an incandescent light when heated.
Mantlenoun
the region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core, believed to consist of hot, dense silicate rocks (mainly peridotite)
Mantlenoun
the part of another planetary body corresponding to the earth's mantle
Mantlenoun
variant spelling of mantel
Mantleverb
cloak or envelop
Mantleverb
(of blood) suffuse (the face)
Mantleverb
(of the face) glow with a blush
Mantleverb
(of a liquid) become covered with a head or froth
Mantleverb
(of a bird of prey on the ground or on a perch) spread the wings and tail so as to cover captured prey
