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Meaning of mantle in English
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/ ˈmæn.t ə l /mantle noun ( RESPONSIBILITY )
Add to word list Add to word list [ S ] formal the responsibilities of an important position or job , especially as given from the person who had the job to the person who replaces them: She unsuccessfully attempted to assume the mantle of the presidency . He has been asked to take on the mantle of managing director in the New York office . SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Duty, obligation and responsibility accountable accountable to someone accountably answer for something phrasal verb buck commitment department dual role duty duty of care fail fall to someone phrasal verb obligatory obliged on your own head be it idiom ought to preserve shoulder someone's answer to someone/something idiom the onus See more results »mantle noun ( LAYER )
[ C ] literary a layer of something that covers a surface : A thick mantle of snow lay on the ground . We watched the building vanish under a mantle of thick smoke as the fire swiftly moved through it. [ C ] geology specialized the part of the earth that surrounds the central core Diane Labombarbe/DigitalVision Vectors/GettyImages [ C ] in the past, a piece of clothing without sleeves that was worn over other clothes SeM/Universal Images Group/GettyImages SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Coverings and layers a blanket of something idiom antifouling base coat beeswax wrap blanket diaphragm interliner interstratification interstratify lagging lamella rind seam sheath sheeting shellac space blanket strata stratum varnish See more results »You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Coats, jackets & cloaks (Definition of mantle from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)mantle | American Dictionary
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/ ˈmæn·t ə l /mantle noun ( COVERING )
Add to word list Add to word list [ C ] literature a covering , or a layer of something that covers a surface : They escaped under the mantle of darkness .mantle noun ( EARTH )
[ U ] earth science the part of the earth that is below the surface and that surrounds the smaller part in the centermantle noun ( POSITION )
[ C usually sing ] a position of authority or responsibility : He inherited the mantle of leadership at the Transit Authority in the early 1980s. (Definition of mantle from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)Examples of mantle
mantle The referee decided that it was dutiable, and, consequently, that those mantles came within the scope of the tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I also gather that while he is unable to deal with steel, he can tell us everything about gas mantles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The total receipts from the duty on imported gas mantles for the first six months of the current financial year were £5,600. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A ring of the manufacturers of gas mantles has been formed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Gas mantles are sold in all classes of shops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shortage of certain raw materials has brought about a general shortage of gas mantles all over the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another question was asked about the different sizes of gas mantles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Moreover, it does not matter what the income of the users of gas mantles may be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You can only use it effectively if you employ incandescent mantles in connection with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that these mantles are subject to other duties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole point about dismantling is that it can be "mantled". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Coming now to gas mantles, in some cases this is the most astonishing proposal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By agreement, the railway company acquired that line, which has now been dis- mantled, and will probably never be utilised again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are: glassware of all kinds, gas mantles, hosiery, electrical fittings, cutlery, agricultural machines, machine tools, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The duties relate to three industries—cutlery, gloves and incandescent mantles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of mantle These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Collocations with mantle
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hot mantle Instead, the hot mantle plumederived basalts are likely to induce partial crustal melting. From the Cambridge English Corpus lithospheric mantle The second model involves derivation of the melts from a depleted lithospheric mantle source which was contaminated by subduction components. From the Cambridge English Corpus mantle cavity Large numbers of metacercariae encysting on the surface of the mantle cavity are likely to interfere with oxygen diffusion across the respiratory epithelium. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with mantle What is the pronunciation of mantle ?Translations of mantle
in Chinese (Traditional) 責任, （尤指前任留給繼任者的）責任，衣缽, 層… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 责任, （尤指前任留给继任者的）责任，衣钵, 层… See more in Spanish responsabilidad, manto, sima… See more in Portuguese responsabilidade, manto, cargo importante… See more in more languages in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian responsabilité, direction, manteau… See more önemli iş veya sorumluluk, örtü, geniş kolsuz elbise… See more ambt, verantwoordelijkheid, deken… See more pozice, příkrov, plášť bez rukávů… See more arvet position, overtage hvervet som, kåbe… See more tanggung jawab, lapisan, mantel… See more บทบาทหน้าที่, สิ่งที่ปกคลุม, เสื้อคลุมไร้แขน… See more chiếc áo của vị trí, lớp bao phủ, áo choàng không tay… See more płaszcz (= Ziemi), funkcja, obowiązki… See more mantel, glödnät… See more tanggungjawab, litupan, baju mantel… See more die Verantwortung, die Rolle, die Decke… See more ansvaret, jakke, dynejakke… See more посада, обов'язки, покрив… See more Need a translator?Get a quick, free translation!
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