mantles Antonyms
Meaning of mantles
mantles
a figurative cloak symbolizing preeminence or authority, a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes, to cover or surround with or as if with a mantle, mantel, to cover with or as if with a mantle, a lacy hood or sheath of some refractory (see refractory entry 1 sense 3) material that gives light by incandescence when placed over a flame, something that covers, enfolds, or envelops (see envelop sense 1), the soft external body wall that lines the test or shell of a tunicate or barnacle (see barnacle sense 2), something that covers or surrounds, something that covers, enfolds, or envelops, regolith, to spread over a surface, the upper back of a bird, cerebral cortex, to become covered with a coating, the part of the interior of a terrestrial (see terrestrial sense 3) planet and especially the earth that lies beneath the crust and above the central core, the outer wall and casing of a blast furnace above the hearth (see hearth sense 1c), an insulated support or casing in which something is heated, blush, a fold or lobe or pair of lobes of the body wall of a mollusk or brachiopod that lines and produces the shell, the portion of the earth lying between the crust and the core, a fold or lobe or pair of lobes of the body wall of a mollusk or brachiopod that in shell-bearing forms lines the shell and bears shell-secreting glands
mantles Sentence Examples
- The mantlepiece held an elaborate collection of antique clocks and figurines.
- The priest draped the crimson mantle over the altar during the solemn procession.
- The Earth's mantle, located beneath the crust, is composed of hot, dense rock.
- The flames danced and flickered upon the mantle, casting a warm glow on the living room.
- The biologist carefully dissected the mantle of the oyster to examine its structure.
- The hikers erected stone mantles at the summit of the mountain, marking their hard-fought triumph.
- The knight's mantle, emblazoned with the royal crest, shimmered in the sunlight.
- The volcano's mantle rose and fell with each eruption, threatening to engulf the surrounding countryside.
- The doctor draped a sterile mantle over the patient's body before surgery.
- The priestess wore a flowing mantle that swept across the temple floor, trailing behind her like a silken river.
FAQs About the word mantles
a figurative cloak symbolizing preeminence or authority, a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes, to cover or surround with or as if with a mantle, m
capes,cloaks, frocks,capotes, serapes, capuchins, dominos, palatines, burnouses, sarapes
exposes,strips, bares,denudes,
The mantlepiece held an elaborate collection of antique clocks and figurines.
The priest draped the crimson mantle over the altar during the solemn procession.
The Earth's mantle, located beneath the crust, is composed of hot, dense rock.
The flames danced and flickered upon the mantle, casting a warm glow on the living room.
