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mantle in Swedish

mantle in Swedish is glödstrompa — mantle means to cover, cloak, or conceal something.

mantle in Swedish

glödstrompa
noun
A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.) [from 19th c.]

What does "mantle" mean?

  1. verb To cover, cloak, or conceal something.
    "Fog mantled the valley by early morning."
  2. noun The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
    "Molten rock rises from the mantle to form volcanoes."
  3. noun A position or responsibility passed on to someone, or a loose cloak.
    "She took up the mantle of leadership after her father retired."
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mantle in a sentence

  • Fog mantled the valley by early morning.
  • Molten rock rises from the mantle to form volcanoes.
  • She took up the mantle of leadership after her father retired.

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What is "mantle" in Swedish?

"mantle" in Swedish is glödstrompa. mantle means: To cover, cloak, or conceal something.

How do you use "mantle" in a sentence?

Example: "Fog mantled the valley by early morning." In Swedish, "mantle" is glödstrompa.

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