Crossword clues for mantlepiece
mantlepiece
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.]
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.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of mantelpiece English)
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.