mantel

or man·tle

[ man-tl ]

/ ˈmæn tl /

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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.

Also called man·tel·piece

[man-tl-pees] /ˈmæn tlˌpis/, mantlepiece.

Origin of mantel

1480–90; earlier mantell mantelet; variant of mantle

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH mantel

mantel mantle

Words nearby mantel

mantapa, mantaro, manteau, manteca, mantegna, mantel, mantelboard, mantelet, mantelletta, mantellone, mantelpiece

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And she said, “No, you are on fire,” and my arm had caught on fire from a candle on this mantelpiece.

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Each of those women had a sepia photograph on the mantelpiece, of a young man in uniform.

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Over the mantelpiece, that was Henry Irving, the 19th-century actor-manager who was the first English actor to be knighted.

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"Sadly he ran into the wrong people and he is now on someone's mantelpiece somewhere probably," he said.

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Miss Winstead, the governess, resumed her letter, and a clock on the mantelpiece struck out seven silvery chimes.

Daddy's Girl |L. T. Meade
She rose and walked to the fireplace, her elbows on the mantelpiece, and her head back.

The Daffodil Mystery |Edgar Wallace
He always in the end sank down into his box or clambered back to his mantelpiece.

The Art of Letters |Robert Lynd
She turned away sharply, rested her elbows on the mantelpiece and her head in her hands.

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As he turned, his gaze encountered an oil-painting hanging above the mantelpiece.

The Kingdom Round the Corner |Coningsby Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for mantelpiece (1 of 2)

mantelpiece

/ (ˈmæntəlˌpiːs) /

noun

Also called: mantel shelf, chimneypiece a shelf above a fireplace often forming part of the mantel

another word for mantel (def. 1)

British Dictionary definitions for mantelpiece (2 of 2)

mantel

less commonly mantle

/ (ˈmæntəl) /

noun

a wooden or stone frame around the opening of a fireplace, together with its decorative facing

Also called: mantel shelf a shelf above this frame

Word Origin for mantel

C15: from French, variant of mantle

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less commonly mantle

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Word Origin for mantel

British Dictionary definitions for mantelpiece (1 of 2)