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mantel piece

mantel piece is the alternative 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 alternative form of?
Mantel piece is the alternative form of mantelpiece.

Words near mantel piece in the dictionary

  1. Mantecans
  2. mantegar
  3. mantegars
  4. Mantegnesque
  5. mantel
  6. mantel piece
  7. mantel pieces
  8. mantel shelf
  9. mantel-piece
  10. mantel-pieces
  11. mantelboard

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