mantelpiece

Noun

Meaning

Same as Mantel.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mantel mantle chimneypiece mantlepiece ridge fireside sill clavier projection rack shelf blanket bracket mixer hearth
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Hypernyms

shelf

Related terms

mantelshelf

Phrases with the word

you don't look at the mantelpiece when you poke the fire you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire

Anagrams

mantlepiece

Examples

Most 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

Close letter words and terms

mantellic mantellid mantellone mantelshelf manteltree Manteo