Associations to the word «Mantelpiece»

Wiktionary

MANTELPIECE, noun. A shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace.

Dictionary definition

MANTELPIECE, noun. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley