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overmantel

[ oh-ver-man-tl ]

adjective

  1. situated above a mantelpiece.


noun

  1. an ornament or panel situated above a mantelpiece.

overmantel

/ ˈəʊvəˌmæntəl /

noun

  1. an ornamental shelf over a mantelpiece, often with a mirror


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Word History and Origins

Origin of overmantel1

First recorded in 1880–85; over- + mantel

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Example Sentences

He leaned his elbow on the overmantel and rested his brow against his clenched right hand, and stood so awhile in moody thought.

All went to the timber yard—every bit except some little pieces worked up in the Lady Chapel, and 'ere in this overmantel.

"There's where it was," she said softly and pointed to a deep niche cut into the surface of the stone overmantel.

Then he turned his attention to the group standing by the window, where the light from the overmantel fell full upon it.

Servants entered, bearing great candelabra of beaten gold which they set on table and overmantel.

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