Mantlepiece

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mantel \Man"tel\, n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F.
     manteau de chemin['e]e. See {Mantle}.] (Arch.)
     The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in
     front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above
     the fireplace, and its supports. The shelf is called also a
     {mantelpiece} or {mantlepiece}. [Written also {mantle}.]


     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mantlepiece \man"tle*piece\ n.
     A shelf that projects from the wall above a fireplace; a
     mantel; as, in England they call a mantelpiece a
     chimneypiece.
  
     Syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, chimneypiece.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chimney-piece \Chim"ney-piece`\, chimneypiece \chimneypiece\, n.
     (Arch.)
     A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace;
     also, the shelf that projects from wall above fireplace;
     {mantlepiece}. [Chiefly Brit.]
  
     Syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mantlepiece
       n : shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England
           they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: {mantel}, {mantelpiece},
            {mantle}, {chimneypiece}]