Associations to the word «Mantel»

Wiktionary

MANTEL, noun. The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney
MANTEL, noun. (climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called mantelshelf
MANTEL, verb. (climbing) To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.

Dictionary definition

MANTEL, noun. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King