Definition of mantle

"mantle" in the noun sense

1. mantle

the cloak as a symbol of authority

"place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"

2. Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle

United States baseball player (1931-1997)

3. mantle

the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

4. blanket, mantle

anything that covers

"there was a blanket of snow"

5. mantle, pallium

zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell

6. mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece

shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

7. curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall

hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

8. cape, mantle

a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

"mantle" in the verb sense

1. mantle

spread over a surface, like a mantle

2. mantle

cover like a mantle

"The ivy mantles the building"

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Quotations for mantle

Love hath a large mantle. [ Proverb ]

Night's black Mantle covers all alike. [ Du Bartas ]

The day begins to break, and night is fled.
Whose pitchy mantle over-veil'd the earth. [ William Shakespeare ]

Look, the morn, in russet mantle clad,
Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill. [ William Shakespeare, Hamlet ]

How is night's sable mantle labored over.
How richly wrought with attributes divine!
What wisdom shines! what love! this midnight pomp.
This gorgeous arch, with golden worlds inlaid!
Built with divine ambition. [ Young ]

Prudery is often the mantle chosen to conceal triumphant vice.

A man's name is not like a mantle, which merely hangs about him, and which one perchance may safely twitch and pull, but a perfectly fitting garment, which like the skin has grown over and over him, at which one cannot rake and scrape without injuring the man himself. [ Goethe ]

Nor do we accept as genuine the person not characterized by this blushing bashfulness, this youthfulness of heart, this sensibility to the sentiment of suavity and self-respect. Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. None are truly great without this ornament. [ Alcott ]

Blessings on him who invented sleep, the mantle that covers all human thoughts, the food that appeases hunger, the drink that quenches thirst, the fire that warms cold, the cold that moderates heat, and, lastly, the general coin that purchases all things, the balance and weight that equals the shepherd with the king, and the simple with the wise. [ Cervantes ]

mantle in Scrabble®

The word mantle is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters mantle:

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MENTAL
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mantle in Words With Friends™

The word mantle is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters mantle:

MANTLE
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MENTAL
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LAMENT
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Words containing the sequence mantle

Words that start with mantle (5 words)

Words that end with mantle (2 words)

Word Growth involving mantle

Shorter words in mantle

an ant

an man

ma man

Longer words containing mantle

dismantle dismantled

dismantle dismantlement dismantlements

dismantle dismantler dismantlers

dismantle dismantles

mantled dismantled

mantlepiece mantlepieces

mantles dismantles