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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1686 1. a mantel with its side elements 2. mantel 2

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a structure of wood, marble, etc. above and around a fireplace. 2 = MANTELSHELF.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mantelpiece Man"tel*piece`, n. Same as Mantel.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also mantlepiece(mantelpieces) A mantelpiece is a wood or stone shelf which is the top part of a border round a fireplace. On the mantelpiece are a pair of bronze Ming vases. N-COUNT: usu sing