mantel
The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of…The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
» Tom's mother kept his graduation picture on the mantel.
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2 sensesThe shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
Kaminregal
каминная полка
shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
Examples
6 sentencesTom's mother kept his graduation picture on the mantel.
Did you notice how many pictures were on the mantel?
ruВы заметили, сколько фотографий стояло на камине? — sharptoothed
Matthew decorated the mantel above the fireplace with Christmas stockings.
We used acer wood for the mantel in our fireplace.
The antique clock on the mantel chimed as Matthew sat by the fireplace.
Translations
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Origin
A variant of mantle (“cloak, robe”) now distinguished in sense.A variant of mantle (“cloak, robe”) now distinguished in sense.
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Forms
plural: mantelsSynonyms
5 synonyms- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace:mantelpiecemantlemantlepiecechimneypiece
Word family
3 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.