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1.nounThe shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
2.nounA maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf.
3.nounA piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. (Compare mantum.)
4.nounA figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection."At the meeting, she finally assumed the mantle of leadership of the party."
5.nounAnything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
6.nounThe body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
7.nounThe back of a bird together with the folded wings.
8.nounThe zone of hot gases around a flame.
9.nounA 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.)
10.nounThe outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
11.nounA penstock for a water wheel.
12.nounThe cerebral cortex.
13.nounThe layer between the Earth's core and crust.
14.nounA mantling.