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mantlepiece
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mantlepiece
(gcide) | Mantel \Man"tel\, n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F.
manteau de chemin['e]e. See Mantle.] (Arch.)
The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in
front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above
the fireplace, and its supports. The shelf is called also a
mantelpiece or mantlepiece. [Written also mantle.]
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mantlepiece
(gcide) | mantlepiece \man"tle*piece\ n.
A shelf that projects from the wall above a fireplace; a
mantel; as, in England they call a mantelpiece a
chimneypiece.
Syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, chimneypiece.
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mantlepiece
(gcide) | Chimney-piece \Chim"ney-piece`\, chimneypiece \chimneypiece\, n.
(Arch.)
A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace;
also, the shelf that projects from wall above fireplace;
mantlepiece. [Chiefly Brit.]
Syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece.
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mantlepiece
(wn) | mantlepiece
n 1: shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain
they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel,
mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece] |
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