mantel
or man·tle
Origin of mantel
Related Words for mantelpiece
counter, cupboard, rack, ledge, mantelpiece, ridge, reef, mantle, shallow, bracket, shoal, rock, console, bank, chimneypiece, fireboard, mantelshelfExamples from the Web for mantelpiece
Contemporary Examples of mantelpiece
And she said, “No, you are on fire,” and my arm had caught on fire from a candle on this mantelpiece.
Stephen Merchant Talks ‘Hello Ladies’ movie, the Nicole Kidman Cameo, and Legacy of ‘The Office’Marlow Stern
November 22, 2014
Each of those women had a sepia photograph on the mantelpiece, of a young man in uniform.
Over the mantelpiece, that was Henry Irving, the 19th-century actor-manager who was the first English actor to be knighted.
"Sadly he ran into the wrong people and he is now on someone's mantelpiece somewhere probably," he said.
Historical Examples of mantelpiece
Somehow or other his eyes wandered to a picture that rested on a mantelpiece in the room.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
Mr Vladimir, arranging his cravat, observed him in the glass over the mantelpiece.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
I might sweep and wash off the stove, and—and clean off the mantelpiece.
Maltravers glanced at the clock upon the mantelpiece; it was the hour of nine.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
George Featherly, standing with his back to the mantelpiece, smiled unkindly.
The Prisoner of ZendaAnthony Hope