Mantle Definition

măntl

mantled, mantles, mantling

noun

mantles

A loose sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; a cloak.

American Heritage

Something that covers, envelops, or conceals.

American Heritage

The role or appearance of an authoritative or important person.

American Heritage

A zone of hot gases around a flame.

American Heritage

A small meshwork hood made of a noncombustible substance, such as a thorium or cerium compound, which when placed over a flame, as in a lantern, gives off a brilliant incandescent light.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

verb

mantled, mantles, mantling

To cover with a mantle.

American Heritage

To cover with or as with a mantle; envelop; cloak; conceal.

Webster's New World

To spread like a mantle, as a blush over the face.

Webster's New World

To be or become covered, as a surface with scum or froth.

Webster's New World

To spread or become extended over a surface.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

pronoun

A surname.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Mantle

Noun

Singular:

mantle

Plural:

mantles

Origin of Mantle

Middle English from Old English mentel and from Old French mantel both from Latin mantellum

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition