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1.NounA piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2.NounA figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection."At the meeting, she finally assumed the mantle of leadership of the party.; The movement strove to put women under the protective mantle of civil rights laws."
3.NounAnything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
4.NounThe body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
5.NounThe back of a bird together with the folded wings.
6.NounThe zone of hot gases around a flame.
7.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.
8.NounThe outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
9.NounA penstock for a water wheel.
10.NounThe cerebral cortex.
11.NounThe layer between Earth's core and crust.
12.NounAny similar layer in an exoplanet.
13.NounAlternative spelling of mantel (“shelf above fireplace”).
14.NounA mantling.
15.VerbTo cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
16.VerbTo become covered or concealed. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
17.VerbTo spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
18.VerbTo climb over or onto something.
19.VerbThe action of stretching out the wings to hide food.
20.VerbThe action of stretching a wing and the same side leg out to one side of the body.