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mantelpiece

Noun

man=tel=piece

WORDNET DICTIONARY

mantelpiece(n = noun.artifact) chimneypiece, mantel, mantle, mantlepiece - shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece"

is a part of fireplace, hearth, open fireplace

is a kind of shelf

mantelpiece, n.

Same as Mantel. [1913 Webster]

mantelpiece, n.
1 a structure of wood, marble, etc. above and around a fireplace.
2 = MANTELSHELF.

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