mantel

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mantel

facing of a fireplace; a shelf above: Put the clock on the mantel.

Not to be confused with:

mantle – a cloak; something that conceals: the mantle of darkness

man·tel

also man·tle (măn′tl)

1. An ornamental facing around a fireplace. Also called regionally mantelpiece.

2. The protruding shelf over a fireplace. Also called regionally mantelpiece, mantelshelf, fireboard.

[Middle English mantel (as in mantiltre, beam over fireplace opening, perhaps from its use for drying wet clothing); see manteltree.]

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mantel

(ˈmæntəl) or less commonly

mantle

1. (Architecture) a wooden or stone frame around the opening of a fireplace, together with its decorative facing

2. (Architecture) Also called: mantelshelf a shelf above this frame

[C15: from French, variant of mantle]

Mantel

(mænˈtɛl)

(Biography) Dame Hilary (Mary). born 1952, English writer. Her novels include Wolf Hall (2009) and Bring Up the Bodies (2012), both of which won the Booker Prize

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man•tel

or man•tle

(ˈmæn tl)

n.

1. a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usu. covering part of the chimney breast in a decorative manner.

2. Also called mantelshelf. a shelf above a fireplace opening.

Also called man′tel•piece`, man′tle•piece` (-ˌpis)

[1510–20; sp. variant of mantle]

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Noun

mantel - shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece"

chimneypiece, mantelpiece, mantlepiece, mantle

fireplace, hearth, open fireplace - an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"

shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

Translations

رَفُ فَوْقَ الْـمُسْتَوْقِد

římsa nad krbem

kaminhylde

Kaminsims

κορνίζα τζακιού

repisa de la chimenea

takan reunus

chambranle

polica nad kaminom

caminiera

マントルピース

벽난로 선반

mantelstuk

peishylle

obramowanie kominka

cornija da lareira lintel

полка над камином

spiselkrans

ชั้นที่อยู่เหนือเตาผิง

şömine rafı

bệ lò sưởi

壁炉台

mantel

→ رَفُ فَوْقَ الْـمُسْتَوْقِد římsa nad krbem kaminhylde Kaminsims κορνίζα τζακιού repisa de la chimenea takan reunus chambranle polica nad kaminom caminiera マントルピース 벽난로 선반 mantelstuk peishylle obramowanie kominka cornija da lareira, lintel полка над камином spiselkrans ชั้นที่อยู่เหนือเตาผิง şömine rafı bệ lò sưởi 壁炉台

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The mantel's chastely severe outline was ingloriously veiled behind some pert drapery drawn rakishly askew like the sashes of the Amazonian ballet.

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Won't you let me carry you back to Kansas, and stand you on Aunt Em's mantel? I could carry you in my basket."

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An oil lamp burned upon a high, old-fashioned mantel, casting its dim rays over a dozen repulsive figures.

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Alexander faced her, resting his arm on the mantel behind him, and began to brush the sleeve of his jacket.

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"Nora," he said, when the elderly maid appeared at the door, "bring me one of the big brass candle-sticks from the mantel in the front drawing-room."

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Upon the mantels, and on many shelves and brackets and tables, were clustered ornaments of every description, seemingly made out of all sorts of metals, glass, china, stones and marbles.

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