mantel vs mantle
Definitions
noun
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
Examples
The squire took down from the mantel his long-stemmed "churchwarden" pipe.
I found myself in a salon with a very well-painted, highly varnished floor; chairs and sofas covered with white draperies, a green porcelain stove, walls hung with pictures in gilt frames, a gilt pendule and other ornaments on the mantelpiece, a large lustre pendent from the centre of the ceiling, mirrors, consoles, muslin curtains, and a handsome centre table completed the inventory of furniture.
His darts trophy takes pride of place on the mantelpiece.
Definitions
noun
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- the cloak as a symbol of authority
- anything that covers
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
verb
- spread over a surface, like a mantle
- cover like a mantle
Examples
Many scientists think that hotspots mark locations where diapiric convection cells, called mantle ‘plumes’, rise beneath lithospheric plates.
Police claim to have dismantled 12 networks of traffickers so far this year.
The equipment had to be dismantled and reassembled at each new location.
