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mantel-piece

mantel-piece is the archaic form of mantelpiece.

Meaning of mantelpiece

Noun

mantelpiece (plural mantelpieces)

  1. A shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace.
    • The medium was leaning with her elbow on the mantel piece, austere and aloof.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Forms of mantel-piece

pluralmantel-pieces

Questions about mantel-piece

What is mantel-piece the archaic form of?
Mantel-piece is the archaic form of mantelpiece.

Words near mantel-piece in the dictionary

  1. Mantegnesque
  2. mantel
  3. mantel piece
  4. mantel pieces
  5. mantel shelf
  6. mantel-piece
  7. mantel-pieces
  8. mantelboard
  9. mantelboards
  10. manteled
  11. mantelet

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