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[ man-tl ] / ˈmæn tl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mantel ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner. Also called mantelshelf. a shelf above a fireplace opening. Also called man·tel·piece [man-tl-pees], /ˈmæn tlˌpis/, mantlepiece. Origin of mantel1480–90; earlier mantell mantelet; variant of mantle WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH mantelmantel , mantleWords nearby mantelmantapa, Mantaro, manteau, Manteca, Mantegna, mantel, mantelboard, mantelet, mantelletta, mantellone, mantelpiece Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mantelIn her memoir, Giving Up the Ghost, Mantel writes of her own childhood encounters with the paranormal. Hilary Mantel Visits the Twilight Zone|Jennie Yabroff|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mantel did live in Saudi Arabia with her husband for nearly a decade, and this piece was originally published as memoir. Hilary Mantel Visits the Twilight Zone|Jennie Yabroff|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST His mantel is chock full of Oscars and Grammys (three of each). Giorgio Moroder, Dance Music Legend, on Remixing Coldplay’s ‘Midnight’ and ‘Crazy’ Lana Del Rey|Douglas Wolk|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST The political rhetoric and advocacy that claim the mantel of the eternal for decidedly temporal causes. Pope Francis’s Injunction to Get Back to Basics May Help American Christianity|Joshua DuBois|October 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mantel, unfortunately, repeats the “scheming Anne” portrayal in her own novels. Why Does Anne Boleyn Obsess Us?|Lauren Elkin|April 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST The half-extinct lamp on the mantel could not conceal from me--my brother! Jane Talbot|Charles Brockden Brown "Well, put the kid's hat on then," George suggested, settling his own with some care at the mantel mirror. The Story Of Julia Page|Kathleen Norris He walked to the fire-place and looked on the mantel for a book. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844|Various Figure 94 shows the patterns for the cutting of the various pieces required to make up the mantel. The Boy Craftsman|A. Neely Hall He was the one who looked at her least; he went to the fireplace and leaned on the mantel with his head in his hands. The Reverberator|Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for mantelmantelless commonly mantle
nouna wooden or stone frame around the opening of a fireplace, together with its decorative facing Also called: mantel shelf a shelf above this frame Word Origin for mantelC15: from French, variant of mantle Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mantelmantelpiece, chimneypiece, fireboard, mantelshelf |