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mantelpiece

/ˈmæntlpiːs/

mantelpiece noun: a shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace.

mantelpiece: a shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace
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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

mantelpiece meaning in Arabic

mantelpiece in Arabic

shelf
رَفّ اَلْمُسْتَوْقَد raff al-mustawqad

Examples of mantelpiece in a sentence

  • There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantelpiece.
  • A mantelpiece clock with rackety balance wheel makes the only sound.
  • The ewer was on the mantelpiece, crowded today with white lilies and white mop-headed chrysanths.

All 16 example sentences with mantelpiece

Forms of mantelpiece

pluralmantelpieces
alternative formmantel piece
alternative formmantle piece
alternative formmantlepiece
alternative form (archaic)mantel-piece
alternative form (archaic)mantle-piece

Origin of mantelpiece

From mantel + piece.

Words formed from mantelpiece

Questions about mantelpiece

What does mantelpiece mean?
Mantelpiece means a shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace.
What is mantelpiece in Arabic?
Mantelpiece in Arabic is رَفّ اَلْمُسْتَوْقَد (raff al-mustawqad). See Mantelpiece meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is mantelpiece?
Mantelpiece is a noun.
How do you pronounce mantelpiece?
Mantelpiece is pronounced /ˈmæntlpiːs/.
What is the plural of mantelpiece?
The plural of mantelpiece is mantelpieces.

Words near mantelpiece in the dictionary

  1. mantellid
  2. mantellids
  3. mantelling
  4. mantellone
  5. Mantells
  6. mantelpiece
  7. mantelpieces
  8. mantels
  9. mantelshelf
  10. mantelshelves
  11. manteltree

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