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1 mantelpiece -- rank: 1000

mantelpiece definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: shelf that ... in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1686 1 ... and around a fireplace. 2 = MANTELSHELF. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mantelpiece Man"tel*piece`, n. Same as Mantel. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also mantlepiece(mantelpieces) A mantelpiece is a wood or stone shelf which is the top part of a border round a fireplace. On the mantelpiece are a pair of bronze Ming vases. N-COUNT: usu ...

2 overmantel -- rank: 446

... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a shelf over a mantelpiece Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1882 an ornamental structure (as a painting) above a mantelpiece • overmantel adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary n. ornamental shelves etc. over a mantelpiece.

3 Mantel -- rank: 446

... in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English ... a shelf above a fireplace Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 = MANTELPIECE 1. 2 = MANTELSHELF. Etymology: var. of MANTLE Webster's 1913 ... mantle.] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (mantels) A mantel is a mantelpiece. (OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms ...

4 mantelshelf -- rank: 352

... s Cobuild Dictionary also mantleshelf(mantelshelves) A mantelshelf is a mantelpiece. (OLD-FASHIONED) = mantelpiece N-COUNT: usu sing

5 mantlepiece -- rank: 352

... in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see mantelpiece

6 Ornament -- rank: 223

... to adorn, esp. a small trinket, vase, figure, etc. (a mantelpiece crowded with ornaments; her only ornament was a brooch). b ...

7 lambrequin -- rank: 223

... of a door or a window or draped on a mantelpiece. 2 Heraldry = MANTLING. Etymology: F f. Du. (unrecorded) lamperkin, dimin ...

8 Mantle -- rank: 223

... in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece] 7: hanging cloth used as a blind ...

9 Frame -- rank: 223

... of her mother in a silver frame on the kitchen mantelpiece. ...a pair of picture frames. N-COUNT 2. The frame ...

10 Fireplace -- rank: 223

... The opening is framed, usually ornamentally, by a mantel (or mantelpiece). A medieval development that replaced the open central hearth for ...

11 DECEMBER 25, Christmas Day -- rank: 223

... up the flue long ago; making a clothesline of the mantelpiece and robbing the forest of its young; swapping several things ...

12 Sear -- rank: 223

... the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch ...

13 Scorch -- rank: 223

... the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch ...

14 Clavy -- rank: 223

... Clavies. [Cf. F. claveau centerpiece of an arch.] (Arch.) A mantelpiece.

15 Clavies -- rank: 223

... Clavies. [Cf. F. claveau centerpiece of an arch.] (Arch.) A mantelpiece.