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MANTLED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mantled mean?
• MANTLED (adjective)
The adjective MANTLED has 1 sense:
1. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
Familiarity information: MANTLED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
Synonyms:
cloaked; clothed; draped; mantled; wrapped
Context example:
cloud-wrapped peaks
Similar:
covered (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form)
Context examples
Again Ruth nodded, and again a blush mantled her face.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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