Mantlepiece in a sentence as a noun

This is a case where you think of an _idealized_ grandma, and her perfectly preserved dog, `Mr. Mycroft Applebottom III`, who has been sitting on her mantlepiece since you were in gradeschool.

Mantlepiece definitions

noun

shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece"

See also: mantel mantelpiece mantle chimneypiece