mantelpiece|mantelpieces in English

noun

['mæntlpɪːs]

decorative structure which frames the sides and top of a fireplace, mantel

Use "mantelpiece|mantelpieces" in a sentence

1. The cheques are on the mantelpiece.

2. I heard him knock out his pipe on the mantelpiece.

3. 9 We have an antique clock on our mantelpiece.

4. Eighteen milk bottles on the mantelpiece, some with milky smears and doubtless smelling cheesy.

5. I'd seen a 100 franc note on the mantelpiece at old Ma Scamp's place.

6. The Bishop gazed at his defunct colonial colleague in the portrait over the mantelpiece.

7. There's a clock on the mantelpiece and a picture between the bookshelves.

8. She began to turn the pictures round and flap at the mantelpiece with a duster.

9. There's nothing like a little golden statuette on the mantelpiece to burnish a fragile ego.

10. On the mantelpiece she displayed photographs of dead people, propped up in their coffins, looking glum.

11. If I hand myself over, let them kill me, stuff me and hang me over their mantelpiece...

12. Mary's late husband had been a judge, and she kept his gavel on the mantelpiece.

13. He went down in the darkness , and felt his way to the parlor , and then to the mantelpiece .

14. 5 Soundlessly, he swept his forearm down the whole length of the mantelpiece, scattering cards and ornaments alike.

15. She emptied the dustpan and searched for something else to do, straightening the Christmas cards on the mantelpiece as she passed.

16. Then display it in the nice rosewood frame above the mantelpiece in that new home you're now too poor to furnish?

17. Mr Deasy stared sternly for some moments over the mantelpiece at the shapely bulk of a man in tartan fillibegs: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.

18. 17 Fireplace: Opening made in the Base of a chimney to hold an open fire. The opening is framed, usually ornamentally, by a mantel (or mantelpiece).

19. 19 Opening made in the Base of a chimney to hold an open fire. The opening is framed, usually ornamentally, by a mantel (or mantelpiece).

20. Dressed throughout in opal white fittings, the original marble mantelpiece and concept chandelier lights add character to its boutique-minimal look, for a really tranquil ambience.

21. Barometers Perfectly suited to personalisation, the barometer can be engraved with initials, dates, a name, or a memorable phrase - making it an ideal gift for a special occasion, and the perfect design-led feature to ornament a desk, mantelpiece, bookshelf or counter-top.

22. (A) Articles which have no utility value but are wholly ornamental, and articles whose only usefulness is to support or contain other decorative articles or to add to their decorative effect, e.g.: (1) Statues, statuettes, busts, haut or bas reliefs, and other figures for interior or exterior decoration; ornaments (including those forming parts of clock sets) for mantelpieces, shelves, etc., (animals, symbolic or allegorical figures, etc.); sporting or art trophies; wall ornaments incorporating fittings for hanging (plaques, trays, plates); medallions; firescreens; artificial flowers, fruit, leaves, etc.; wreaths and similar ornaments for tombs; knick-knacks for shelves or domestic display-cabinets.