Noun
Same as Mantel.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMost of these pictures, taken while travelling, were developed on the mantelpiece of a hotel room, which proves that the method is easy enough to carry out. Gabriel Lippmann
The simple tableau is so rich with meaning that whether represented on the mantelpiece or in the mind, it seems suspended, complete unto itself, somewhere in eternity. Lucinda Franks
Ladies' hearts are like china on a mantelpiece. There are so many of them, and it is so easy to break them without noticing. Cassandra Clare
The first duty of a lecturer to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks, and keep on the mantelpiece forever. Virginia Woolf
On the mantelpiece in my grandparents’ sitting room when I was growing up, there was a model of the Empire Windrush, the vessel that brought 500 people from the Caribbean to Britain in 1948. Source: Internet
Proudly displayed on Mrs Lund's mantelpiece today is an invitation from the chairman of directors of Thomas Playfair Pty. Source: Internet