The fellow put his prized items on the fireplace mantle.
The earth's mantle seems to breaking up, Captain.
When it's cold, I wear a cotton mantle around my neck. mantle means a covering; scarf
History repeats itself in fashion. Now women are wearing mantle again!
Example sentence - The fireplace mantle was decorated beautifully for the holidays.
(The word mantle has several disparate meanings: a layer of the Earth, a cloak, a responsibility.) While the rock in the mantle is solid, it still can move upward or downward. The mantle lies between the crust and the outer core, and is mostly peridotite rock. The assistant curator assumed the mantle of his deceased superior.
He set the antique clock on the mantle.
Example sentence - The fireplace mantle was decorated with vases of bright flowers each spring.
A mantle of darkness spread over the Earth
We learned all about the earth's mantle in science class.
I have a ship in a bottle on my mantle.
The convection current in the mantle drives the movement of tectonic plates.
The crust and upper mantle make up the earth.