"mantelpiece" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmæntlpiːs/ Audio: En-us-mantelpiece.ogg Forms: mantelpieces [plural]
Etymology: From mantel + piece. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mantel|piece}} mantel + piece Head templates: {{en-noun}} mantelpiece (plural mantelpieces)
  1. A shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace. Wikipedia link: mantelpiece Synonyms: mantel piece, mantle piece, mantel-piece, mantle-piece [archaic], mantlepiece Derived forms: you don't look at the mantelpiece when you poke the fire, you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire Related terms: mantelshelf Translations (shelf): رَفّ اَلْمُسْتَوْقَد (raff al-mustawqad) (Arabic), полица (polica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 壁爐台 (bìlútái) (Chinese Mandarin), krbová římsa [feminine] (Czech), schoorsteenmantel [masculine] (Dutch), schouwmantel [masculine] (Dutch), kamenbreto (Esperanto), takkahylly (Finnish), manteau de cheminée [feminine] (French), Kaminsims [masculine, neuter] (German), kandallópárkány (Hungarian), matal [masculine] (Irish), clabhar [masculine] (Irish), 炉棚 (rodana) (alt: ろだな) (Japanese), マントルピース (mantorupīsu) (Japanese), каминска полица (kaminska polica) [feminine] (Macedonian), kurupae (Maori), kurupae o te timera (Maori), paparewa (Maori), whata pākaiahi (Maori), peishylle [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), پشتخته (peştahta) (Ottoman Turkish), cornija (da lareira) [feminine] (Portuguese), ками́н (kamín) [masculine] (Russian), ками́нная доска́ (kamínnaja doská) [feminine] (Russian), repisa [feminine] (Spanish), spiselkrans [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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