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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) mantel
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usu. covering part of the chimney breast in a decorative manner.

Etymology: (1510–20; sp. var. of mantle)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece
shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
"in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece"

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Mantel
the finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports

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