mantelpiece

See also: mantel-piece

English

Alternative forms

• mantel piece, mantle piece
• mantel-piece, mantle-piece (archaic)
• mantlepiece

Etymology

From mantel +‎ piece.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæntlpiːs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

mantelpiece (plural mantelpieces)

1. A shelf that is affixed to the wall above a fireplace.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     The medium was leaning with her elbow on the mantel piece, austere and aloof.

Derived terms

• 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

• Arabic: رَفّ اَلْمُسْتَوْقَد (raff al-mustawqad)
• Bulgarian: полица (bg) f (polica)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壁爐台 (bìlútái)

• Czech: krbová římsa f
• Dutch: schoorsteenmantel (nl) m, schouwmantel m
• Esperanto: kamenbreto
• Finnish: takkahylly
• French: manteau de cheminée (fr) f
• German: Kaminsims (de) n or m
• Hungarian: kandallópárkány (hu)
• Irish: matal m, clabhar m
• Japanese: 炉棚 (ろだな, rodana), マントルピース (mantorupīsu)
• Macedonian: каминска полица f (kaminska polica)
• Maori: kurupae, kurupae o te timera, paparewa, whata pākaiahi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: peishylle m or f

• Ottoman Turkish: پشتخته (peştahta)
• Portuguese: cornija (da lareira) f
• Russian: ками́н (ru) m (kamín), ками́нная доска́ f (kamínnaja doská)
• Spanish: repisa (es) f
• Swedish: spiselkrans c

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