mantelpiece
noun/ˈmæntlpiːs/
/ˈmæntlpiːs/
(also mantlepiece)
(also mantel, mantle
/ˈmæntl/
/ˈmæntl/
(especially in North American English))- a shelf above a fireplace
- There was a clock on the mantelpiece.
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