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noun 
  1. a piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops
  2. (figuratively) anything that covers or conceals something else
  3. the zone of hot gases around a flame; the gauzy incandescent covering of a gas lamp
  4. (anatomy) the cerebral cortex
  5. (geology) the layer between the Earth's core and crust
  6. (zoology) the body wall of a mollusc/mollusk
  7. An alternative spelling mantel
(wikipedia, mantle (geology))
(wikipedia, mantle (mollusc)) Translations: 
  • French: manteau
    (trans-mid)
  • German: Erdmantel
  • Dutch: aardmantel, mantel
    1. Dutch, mantel
    2. Italian: mantello
      (trans-bottom) (trans-top, zoology: body wall of a mollusc)
      (trans-mid)
Etymology: Via Middle English and Old French from Latin mantellum


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