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# mantel

«mantel» in Mova's school dictionary: **the shelf above a fireplace, where things are put on display** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (also called mantelpiece)

### meaning for a pupil

A mantel is the shelf above a fireplace, where things are put on display. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mantel/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a place in a home where a picture, a clock or an ornament is kept

### examples

- Aunt Em put the vase on the mantel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mantel/#x1)
- The clock ticked on the mantel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mantel/#x2)
- Stand the doll on the mantel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mantel/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mantel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mantel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.