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mantelpiece
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mantelpiece has 1 sense
- 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
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mantelpiece, n.
1 a structure of wood, marble, etc. above and around a fireplace.
2 = MANTELSHELF.
1 a structure of wood, marble, etc. above and around a fireplace.
2 = MANTELSHELF.
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