name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Mantel
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈmæn.təl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: mantle
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rhymes with -æntəl
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CMU ARPABET: M AE1 N T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mantelshelf
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shelf
History
Etymology
A variant of mantle (“cloak, robe”) now distinguished in sense.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: полица над камината (polica nad kaminata) — shelf above a fireplace
- Czech: krbová římsa — shelf above a fireplace
- Dutch: schoorsteenmantel — shelf above a fireplace
- Dutch: schouw — shelf above a fireplace
- Esperanto: kamenŝranko — shelf above a fireplace
- Finnish: takanreunus — shelf above a fireplace
- German: Kaminregal — shelf above a fireplace
- Russian: каминная полка — shelf above a fireplace
- Scots: chumli-brace — shelf above a fireplace
- Swedish: spiselkrans — shelf above a fireplace
Real reading context