The major difficulty was that thawing the thick mantle took much longer than the tentacles.

Surrounding the valves is their thick mantle called the girdle.

Colonies have a thick fleshy mantle which is covered by fine papillae.

Always dark and cool, in this valley the forest lay under a thick mantle of mist.

The streets and roofs of the houses were covered with a thick mantle of snow.

His mind kept returning to the thick mantle of mud that waited beneath him.

French onion soup, with a thick mantle of Swiss cheese, had far too much salt in its broth.

I could see a further ridge in the distance, covered with a thick mantle of snow.

These two layers are very deep within the Earth, separated from its crust by the thick mantle.

Who'd pay attention to a chubby chocolate-colored man in a particularly thick mantle?