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Mantlepiece

noun
1.
Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.  Synonyms: chimneypiece, mantel, mantelpiece, mantle.






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"Mantlepiece" Quotes from Famous Books



... to hear and remember any good phrase. I remember his delight at the words of a local politician who told us how he became a Nationalist. 'I was,' he said plucking a book from the mantlepiece (I remember the book—it was 'Paul and Virginia') and clasping it to his breast—'I was but a little child with my little book going to school, and by the house there I saw the agent. He took the unfortunate tenant and thrun him in the road, and I saw the man's wife ...
— Synge And The Ireland Of His Time • William Butler Yeats



Words linked to "Mantlepiece" :   chimneypiece, open fireplace, fireplace, shelf, hearth



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