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mantlepiece
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mantlepiece has 1 sense
- mantlepiece(n = noun.artifact) chimneypiece, mantel, mantelpiece, mantle - 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
CIDE DICTIONARY
mantlepiece, n.
A shelf that projects from the wall above a fireplace; a mantel; as, in England they call a mantelpiece a chimneypiece. [WordNet 1.5]
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