'mantlepiece' definitions:
Definition of 'mantlepiece'
From: WordNet
noun
Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece]
Definition of 'mantlepiece'
From: 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]
Definition of 'mantlepiece'
From: 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]
Definition of 'mantlepiece'
From: 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]