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LOWER MANTLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("lower mantle" is a kind of...):
layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)
Holonyms ("lower mantle" is a part of...):
mantle (the layer of the earth between the crust and the core)