chimneypiece

Questions about chimneypiece

What does chimneypiece mean?

chimneypiece means "shelf that projects from wall above fireplace".

How many syllables are in chimneypiece?

chimneypiece has 3 syllables: chim-ney-piece. The stress falls on "chim".

What is another word for chimneypiece?

Close synonyms include mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chimneypiece a common word?

chimneypiece is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.