mantled
- adjective
- /ˈmæntəld/
- The garden was mantled with vines, giving the old fence a beautiful, natural cover.
Examples
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The mountain was mantled in a thick layer of snow, creating a serene winter landscape.
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The first week explorers fought it an eerie place, its banks darkened by tangled woods, its water mantled with poisonous fog.
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Mantled in blood, Casimir shambled around the room, gasping for air like a punctured bellows.
Fiction book (1992) -
Before she had been flashed in air and clothed in nakedness, and mantled in in cold, and her very bones were only slender things like shafts of ice.
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These three were followed by a personage of gigantic stature, not clad, but mantled about with a robe of the blackest dye.
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As night fell, the sky became mantled in clouds, signaling an approaching storm.
Synonyms
Partly hidden or not said clearly
Covered with a thin layer of metal
Wearing a certain kind of clothing or covered with a material
Covered with a protective outer layer, for example cables or pipes
Hidden so people cannot see the true purpose or meaning
Surrounded by mist or cloud that makes it hard to see
A vehicle or object with thick metal on the outside to protect against attack
A person wrapped in clothes so they are hard to recognize
Covered with a hard layer on the surface
Having parts that lie on top of each other, like a cake
Covered with a hard layer, often of dirt, shells, or jewels
Covered with metal plates for strength and protection
Covered with heavy metal plates for protection
With floors or stairs covered with carpet
Having a thin layer of dust on it
Having something on top or around it
Covered by a layer like snow or leaves
Covered with cloth that hangs in loose folds, like curtains or a gown
Covered as if by a soft veil of fog or shadow
Having a covering of paper or cloth, like a present
Completely covered by a layer, like snow or fog
Completely covered by something so it is hidden or overwhelmed
Covered by a protective layer or case
A thing that has a box or outer layer that protects it
Having a layer of something on its surface, like fur or seasoning
Having a protective outer layer like an onion bulb
Hidden from view by cloth hung over a window or opening
Antonyms
Compounds
A small brown animal with black stripes on its back that lives on the ground in western North America
How Covered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mantled comes from an old word for a 'cloak' and is the same root as mantle, which means a covering or cloak. So when something is mantled it is 'covered' or wrapped over like a cloak, which explains its modern meaning.