mantle — OAT · Shobdo

mantle

noun

1 a dark green velvet mantle:

cloak, cape, shawl, wrap, stole;

rare pelisse, pelerine;

in South America poncho, serape;

archaic mantlet.

2 houses covered in a thick mantle of snow:

covering, layer, blanket, sheet, veil, curtain, canopy, cover, cloak, pall, shroud, screen, mask, cloud, overlay, envelope.

3 the mantle of leadership:

role, burden, onus, duty, responsibility, function, position, capacity, task, job.

verb

heavy mists mantled the forest:

cover, envelop, veil, cloak, curtain, shroud, swathe, wrap, blanket, screen, cloud, conceal, hide, disguise, mask, obscure, surround, overlay, clothe;

literary enshroud.