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mantelpiece

noun as in mantel

Strong match

noun as in shelf

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Luckily for him, his mantelpiece is looking pretty full after his 2021 release, It Takes Two, snagged a clutch of the games industry's biggest awards.

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He said, “Tell him that when the IRS comes to take your house, they leave those awards on the mantelpiece.”

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The clock on the mantelpiece in the Cabinet Room ticks surprisingly loudly, marking every half-second.

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In my grandmother’s house and my own, the iconography of Jesus and other religious figures was everywhere, peppering walls and mantelpieces alongside family photos and wedding albums.

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The 88-year-old's terraced home is clean and tidy, and a row of ceramic animals line her mantelpiece.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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