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mantel

or man·tle

[ man-tl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
Also called mantelshelf. a shelf above a fireplace opening.

mantel

/ ˈmæntəl /

a wooden or stone frame around the opening of a fireplace, together with its decorative facing
Also calledmantel shelf a shelf above this frame

Origin of mantel¹

1480–90; earlier mantell mantelet; variant of mantle

Origin of mantel¹

C15: from French, variant of mantle

In her memoir, Giving Up the Ghost, Mantel writes of her own childhood encounters with the paranormal.

Mantel did live in Saudi Arabia with her husband for nearly a decade, and this piece was originally published as memoir.

Author Hilary Mantel is under fire for writing a story about killing Margaret Thatcher.

His mantel is chock full of Oscars and Grammys (three of each).

Nick Lord, 25, wins commission to paint Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel for a portrait which will hang in the British Library.

When he was gone, Isaacson stood by the mantel-piece for nearly five minutes, thinking and motionless.

The lady of the roses went to the mirror over the untidy mantel piece, and looked at herself, as she answered.

Over the mantel in our parlor we have a picture of the lion's den, and it is one of the choicest of our family treasures.

We don't even have real big prizes—just a dinky little spoon sitting up on the mantel-piece to excite us as if it was a tiara.

Moodily he stood there, one hand on the high mantel shelf, one foot upon an andiron, his eyes upon the flames.

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