mantelpiece
Britishnoun
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Also called: mantel shelf. chimneypiece. a shelf above a fireplace often forming part of the mantel
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another word for mantel
Example Sentences
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Then she would put the letter up with all the others on the mantelpiece, behind the photo of Papi in his uniform.
From Literature
Their work had an unlikely brush with literary fame: during a visit in 1873, Mark Twain was so taken with the dining‑room mantelpiece at Ayton Castle that he purchased it.
From BBC
"I don't want it to be a doorstop or in the bottom drawer, I want it to be on the mantelpiece."
From BBC
The dead duck on the mantelpiece let out a single protesting quack, but the portrait of Edward Ashton remained unchanged.
From Literature
Others decorate mantelpieces, bookshelves and walls with their plastic builds, often to spouses’ chagrin.
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