mantel
IPA: mˈæntʌɫ
Root Word: Mantel
noun
- A surname.
- The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
- (climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
verb
- (climbing) To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
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Examples of "mantel" in Sentences
- It's like the gun on the mantel.
- One mantel is original to the house.
- Above the mantel, the fireplace was unfinished.
- Fireplace mantels are the focus of custom interior decoration.
- A Gold Glove on his mantel is proof he can field as well as hit.
- The brick fireplace is whitewashed up to the level of the mantel.
- The defining element of a great mantel is the design and workmanship.
- A carved stone fireplace and mantel is recessed into the wall to the right.
- The only original item remaining left in the room was the fireplace mantel.
- He was commissioned in 1519 to paint the ceiling and mantel of the fireplace.
- He repositions the painting on the wall and then on the fireplace mantel piece.
- The exquisite white marble mantel is Italian, not French, of the time of Louis XVI.
- Prominently placed on the mantel were his Emmy awards along with his favorite photographs of our children.
- The border of the Virgin's mantel is carved to resemble brocade and painted gold, while the inside has been painted red.
- The bookshelves are packed with stuffed animals and books, and the mantel is lined with photographs of the children who live here.
- Mantel: The fireplace mantel is a very prominent location for displaying your village, as long as your collection is not too extensive and would force the overcrowding of your favorite pieces in to what can be a narrow and overall restricted space.
- In the centre of the mantel was a stuffed bird-of-paradise, while about the room were scattered gorgeous shells from the southern seas, delicate sprays of coral sprouting from barnacled pi-pi shells and cased in glass, assegais from South Africa, stone axes from New Guinea, huge