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Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
Answer for the clue "Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace ", 11 letters:
mantlepiece
Word definitions for mantlepiece in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of mantelpiece English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel , mantelpiece , mantle , chimneypiece ]
Usage examples of mantlepiece.
And in the Forest of Skund Twoflower and Rincewind settled down to a meal of gingerbread mantlepiece and thought longingly of pickled onions.