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

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C. S. Lewis