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mantelshelf

[ man-tl-shelf ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural man·tel·shelves.

First recorded in 1820–30; mantel + shelf

A silence fell between the two men, broken only by the low ticking of the little Sheraton clock upon the mantelshelf.

He even put up a mantelshelf, and on it, smiling somewhat, he placed Harvey's picture.

He leant rather heavily against the mantelshelf, and there was a very faint smile on his lips.

As she paced distractedly across the room her eye was caught by the letter on the marble mantelshelf.

The walls were covered with pictures, the mantelshelf with flowers.

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