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noun. man· tel· shelf ˈman-tᵊl-ˌshelf. : mantel sense 2. Word History. First Known Use. circa 1828, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of mantelshelf was circa 1828. See more words from the same year. Dictionary Entries Near mantelshelf. mantelpiece. mantelshelf. manteltree. See More Nearby Entries. Cite this Entry.
A mantelshelf is a mantelpiece. [old-fashioned] Beneath this, on the mantelshelf, is displayed a collection of seventeenth-century tulip vases. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. mantelshelf in British English. noun. another name for mantel (sense 2) Collins English Dictionary.
Mantelshelf is a shelf above a fireplace opening, also called mantelpiece or mantle. Find the origin, pronunciation and translations of mantelshelf in this online dictionary.
Mantelshelf definition: mantel (def. 2). . See examples of MANTELSHELF used in a sentence.
A mantelshelf is a mantelpiece . [old-fashioned] Beneath this, on the mantelshelf, is displayed a collection of seventeenth-century tulip vases. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. mantelshelf in American English. (ˈmæntlˌʃelf) noun Word forms: plural -shelves. mantel (sense 2)
Noun. 1. mantelpiece - shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" chimneypiece, mantel, mantlepiece, mantle.
The earliest known use of the noun mantelshelf is in the 1820s. OED's earliest evidence for mantelshelf is from 1828, in a dictionary by Noah Webster, lexicographer. mantelshelf is formed within English, by compounding.
