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mantel

[man-tl] / ˈmæn tl /
NOUN
fireplace
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He has added gold trim to the crown molding, smothered the walls with gold-framed artworks and gold-painted embellishments, placed inch-thick gold coasters on the desk, and lined up gold urns on the mantel.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

It’s for the mantel, for our boys,’” Song revealed.

From MarketWatch Mar. 2, 2026

In the once-bare space above the bedroom’s mantel, which holds a Louis XVI-style clock, gold-framed pictures and miniatures of family members and friends hang.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026

Picture frames atop the family’s mantel at the home of William Harris, 63, which burned in the Eaton Fire in Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2025

On the fireplace mantel was a long, smallish box, and from within she removed a long, wooden wick.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

The company’s clocks could once be found on Navy battleships during World War II, and adorned mantels, walls and desks at the White House for presidents ranging from Dwight Eisenhower to Joe Biden.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2025

In his travels, Tocqueville saw pieces of the famous Plymouth Rock all over: used as doorstops, as paperweights, set in the centers of mantels like the mandibles of sainted martyrs.

From Slate Nov. 28, 2024

Crown molding, wide plank hardwood floors, intricate handmade mantels – these are all things homebuyers cannot get in a new build or without spending a fortune.

From Seattle Times Dec. 7, 2023

Grieu likes to add pedestals of various heights, or even a stack of books, to “create decorative moments and give interest to clusters of intermixed objects” on bookshelves, coffee tables, mantels and more.

From Washington Post Feb. 16, 2022

More than the hand-painted blue tiles in the kitchen or the mantels laden with potted tulips, this workshop was a testimony to Hoede’s wealth.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo



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