man·tel·piece

(măn′tl-pēs′)

n. Chiefly Eastern & Southern US

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mantelpiece

(ˈmæntəlˌpiːs)

1. (Architecture) Also called: mantel shelf or chimneypiece a shelf above a fireplace often forming part of the mantel

2. (Architecture) another word for mantel¹

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Noun

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

chimneypiece, mantel, 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 الْـمُسْتَوْقِدرَف مِدْفَأَه

krbová římsařímsa nad krbem

kaminhylde

Kamineinfassung Kaminsims

κορνίζα τζακιού

repisa de la chimenea

takan reunus

chambranle

polica nad kaminom

kandallópárkány

arinhilla

caminiera mensola del camino

マントルピース

벽난로 선반

židinio atbraila/lentyna

kamīna dzega/plaukts

mantelstuk

peishylle kaminhylle

obramowanie kominka

cornija da lareira lintel

полка над камином

rímsa nad kozubom

polica nad kaminom

spiselkrans

ชั้นที่อยู่เหนือเตาผิง

şömine rafışömine üstü

bệ lò sưởi

壁炉台壁炉架

mantelpiece

[ˈmæntlpiːs] N → repisa f (de chimenea)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mantelpiece

[ˈmænt^əlpiːs] n → cheminée f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mantelpiece

n (above fireplace) → Kaminsims nt or m; (around fireplace) → Kaminverkleidung or -einfassung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mantelpiece

[ˈmæntlˌpiːs] n → mensola del caminetto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mantelpiece

(ˈmӕntlpiːs) mantelshelf (ˈmӕntlʃelf) , mantel (ˈmӕntl) , noun

the shelf above a fireplace. She put the card on her mantelpiece.

mantelpiece

→ 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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Her eye was caught by the photographs on the mantelpiece. She began to examine them.

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On either side of the yellow marble mantelpiece, in Louis XV.

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When he came to the mantelpiece he shook his head and seemed distressed.

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The still feebly flickering ashes in the grate, and the row of prim ornaments on the mantelpiece, were surely harmless enough.

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Here was a Thursday morning in process of manufacture; each second was minted fresh by the clock upon the mantelpiece. She strained her ears and could just hear, far off, the hoot of a motor-car and the rush of wheels coming nearer and dying away again, and the voices of men crying old iron and vegetables in one of the poorer streets at the back of the house.

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So the swallow was brought in, all huddled and shivering; and although she was a little afraid at first, she soon got warmed up and sat on the edge of the mantelpiece and began to talk.

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Trent swung him out of the way - a single contemptuous turn of the wrist, and Da Souza reeled against the mantelpiece. He held out his hand to Monty and they left the room together.

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On the left was a large, deep fireplace, with a massive, overhanging oak mantelpiece. Beside the fireplace was a heavy oaken chair with arms and cross-bars at the bottom.

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"You'll not meddle with trade again?" said he, leaning his elbow on the mantelpiece.

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Archer mounted the stairs, turned up the light, and put a match to the brackets on each side of the library mantelpiece. The curtains were drawn, and the warm friendly aspect of the room smote him like that of a familiar face met during an unavowable errand.

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I don't suppose that we shall get on, but still the intention is equally good." She crossed her legs and leaned her back against the marble mantelpiece.

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On the left side also is the ample fireplace, surmounted by its marble mantelpiece, carved in the profusely and confusedly ornate style of eighty years since.

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