UPPER MANTLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The upper part of the mantle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("upper mantle" is a kind of...):

layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)

Holonyms ("upper mantle" is a part of...):

mantle (the layer of the earth between the crust and the core)

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