mantelpiece

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/ˈmæntlpiːs/

noun

A shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace.

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mantelmantlemantlepiecechimneypiece
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Meanings

nounmantelpiece (plural mantelpieces)

plural mantelpieces · alternative mantel piece · alternative mantle piece · alternative archaic mantel-piece · alternative archaic mantle-piece · alternative mantlepiece

  1. A shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace.

    The medium was leaning with her elbow on the mantel piece, austere and aloof.

    1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Synonyms & antonyms

nounshelf that projects from wall above fireplace

Similar
mantelmantlemantlepiecechimneypiece
Broader
shelf
Also see
chimneypiecemantelmantle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From mantel + piece.

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Translations

Arabic رَفّ اَلْمُسْتَوْقَد
  • رَفّ اَلْمُسْتَوْقَد (raff al-mustawqad)shelf
Bulgarian полица
  • полица (polica)shelf
Chinese Mandarin 壁爐台
  • 壁爐台 (bìlútái)shelf
Czech krbová římsa
  • krbová římsashelf
Dutch schoorsteenmantel, schouwmantel
  • schoorsteenmantelshelf
  • schouwmantelshelf
Esperanto kamenbreto
  • kamenbretoshelf
Finnish takkahylly
  • takkahyllyshelf
French manteau de cheminée
  • manteau de cheminéeshelf
German Kaminsims
  • Kaminsimsshelf
Hungarian kandallópárkány
  • kandallópárkányshelf
Irish matal, clabhar
  • matalshelf
  • clabharshelf
Japanese 炉棚, マントルピース
  • 炉棚 (rodana)shelf
  • マントルピース (mantorupīsu)shelf
Māori kurupae, kurupae o te timera
  • kurupaeshelf
  • kurupae o te timerashelf
  • paparewashelf
  • whata pākaiahishelf
Norwegian Bokmål peishylle
  • peishylleshelf
Portuguese cornija (da lareira)
  • cornija (da lareira)shelf
Russian ками́н, ками́нная доска́
  • ками́н (kamín)shelf
  • ками́нная доска́ (kamínnaja doská)shelf
Spanish repisa
  • repisashelf
Swedish spiselkrans
  • spiselkransshelf
Cite this entry
APA

mantelpiece. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantelpiece

MLA

“mantelpiece.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantelpiece. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mantelpiece,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantelpiece.

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