Definitions for mantilla

mantilla man·til·la

Spelling: [man-til-uh, -tee-uh]
IPA: /mænˈtɪl ə, -ˈti ə/

Mantilla is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 207 anagrams from letters in mantilla (aaillmnt).

Definitions for mantilla

noun

  1. a silk or lace head scarf arranged over a high comb and falling over the back and shoulders, worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.
  2. a short mantle or light cape.

Origin of mantilla

1710-20; Spanish; diminutive of manta

Examples for mantilla

She let the mantilla drop from her face and stood and looked at him.

It is covered with a veil, open on each side, like a Spanish mantilla.

Herr Erasmus has given me a small Spanish mantilla and three men's portraits.

You have not unpacked your trunk; and here is your bonnet and mantilla ready to be resumed.

Do you happen to have a handkerchief, a scarf, or a mantilla, that he gave you?

Her white face, in the frame of her mantilla, looked longer, leaner than usual.

The two stood there face to face; she settled her mantilla, looking down at it as she did so.

Carmen still in the arm chair, covered with her mantilla, did not speak.

Of course, I've only seen her in her little mask and mantilla.

Dicky caught a faint gleam of steel from the folds of her mantilla.

Word Value for mantilla
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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