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mantlepiece

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man´tle`piece
n.1.A shelf that projects from the wall above a fireplace; a mantel; as, in England they call a mantelpiece a chimneypiece.
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Noun1.mantlepiecemantlepiece - shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
chimneypiece, mantel, mantelpiece, 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


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At that moment, the clock on the mantlepiece gave its warning click and the first stroke of twelve struck.
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Books and papers everywhere, a broken meerschaum, and an old flute over the mantlepiece as if done with, a ragged bird without any tail chirped on one window seat, and a box of white mice adorned the other.
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Tell her, fair cousin, that 'tis no longer the fashion, and that the hinge (gond) and the laurel (laurier) embroidered on her robe give her the air of a walking mantlepiece.
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