Meaning & use
mantle
The thick layer of hot, dense rock between Earth's crust and core; also a role or responsibility passed to someone.
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Molten rock from the mantle can rise and erupt through volcanoes.
She accepted the mantle of leadership after her mentor retired.
A note on using this word
The geological and figurative senses are both common; a mantel, spelled with an e, is the shelf above a fireplace, a different word entirely.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A loose sleeveless cloak, or figuratively, a covering layer of something.
A thick mantle of snow covered the fields by early morning.
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