mantle

Examples

• All

• Above the mantle hung a portrait of Phryne painted by LaBelle Watrous.

  Fiction book (2000)

• I sat at the chess table and looked at the sword above the mantle.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Hey, those books on the mantle are going to be a problem.

  The Candidate (1972)

• I saw the pictures on your mantle.

  American Underdog (2021)

• The large photograph of the boys on the mantle of the fireplace drew her attention.

  Fiction book (1994)

• On the mantle was a photograph in marquetry, a pinkish-gold glass vase, and a bronze figure.

  Fiction book (1998)

• It looks like you may have vacuumed the rugs and dusted the mantle.

  To the New Girl (2020)

• Her gaze traveled up the oak mantle to a daguerreotype of a gaunt, somber man, Eva's father.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The large photograph of the boys stood proudly on the mantle above the fireplace.

• Deborah has placed a decorative vase on the mantle to bring some color to the room.

Synonyms

S

shelf

vsmantle

369 1.0

A flat board fixed to a wall for holding books and small things

is the specific decorative ledge above a fireplace, not any general board

M

mantel

vsmantle

26 4.4

A shelf above a fireplace that holds decorations

is the alternative form used in writing for the same feature

M

mantelpiece

vsmantle

9 4.9

A shelf above a fireplace where people put clocks or photos

is used as a decorative frame rather than only being ornamental

C

chimneypiece

vsmantle

8.2

A shelf above a fireplace that holds pictures or small objects

is described as the decorative framing element for the same area

M

mantel shelf

vsmantle

3.9

A shelf above a fireplace that holds photos or candles

is the decorative frame for the fireplace rather than primarily for display

Idioms

A

to assume the mantle

• Formal

1 7.3

To take on an important role as a leader

C

to carry the mantle

• Formal

1 7.4

To take on responsibility as the next leader

Compounds

C

cerebral mantle

• Specialized

9.9

Layer of grey brain cells that forms the outer part and handles thinking and senses

L

lower mantle

• Specialized

8.1

A deep, solid layer inside the Earth above the outer core, about 660 to 2,900 km below the surface

U

upper mantle

• Specialized

6.7

A layer of rock under Earth's crust that slowly flows

How Decorative

mantle

14 5.6

mantelpiece

9 4.9

shelf

369 1.0

ledge

99 3.6

Surface Forms

Etymology