Words that rhyme with bantle

n 1: the back of a saddle seat

v 1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down] [ant: erect, put up, raise, rear, set up] 2: take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart] [ant: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together] 3: take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" [syn: strip, dismantle]

n 1: shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece]

n 1: the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders" 2: United States baseball player (1931-1997) [syn: Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle] 3: the layer of the earth between the crust and the core 4: anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn: blanket, mantle] 5: (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell [syn: mantle, pallium] 6: shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece] 7: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall] 8: a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter [syn: cape, mantle] v 1: spread over a surface, like a mantle 2: cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"