Meaning & use
mantel
The shelf above a fireplace, often used to display photographs or ornaments.
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They arranged framed photographs along the mantel above the crackling fireplace.
A row of small candles lit the mantel during the family's holiday dinner.
A note on using this word
Do not confuse mantel, a fireplace shelf, with mantle, a cloak or a layer of the Earth.
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