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Mantelpiece

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Noun

1. chimneypiece, mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece

shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

Example Sentences:
'in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece'

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Mantelpiece

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noun
1. Also called: mantel shelf, chimneypiece
a shelf above a fireplace often forming part of the mantel
2.  another word for mantel (sense 1)

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Mantelpiece

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noun
the projecting shelf of a mantel, or this shelf and the side elements framing the fireplace in front

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Mantelpiece

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n.
Chiefly Eastern & Southern US
See mantel.

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