Chimneypiece — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈʌkɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/klˈaveɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/klˈaveɪt/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈʌkɪŋ/.

Examples

in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

mantlepiece mantle mantel mantelpiece

Parts of Speech

noun	shelf that projects from wall above fireplace “in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schornstein

Regal, das aus der Wand über dem Kamin herausragt

🇫🇷French

cheminée

étagère qui dépasse du mur au-dessus de la cheminée

🇪🇸Spanish

chimenea

estante que sobresale de la pared sobre la chimenea

🇮🇹Italian

camino

mensola che sporge dalla parete sopra il camino

🇳🇱Dutch

schoorsteenmantel

plank die uit de muur boven de open haard steekt

🇵🇹Portuguese

chaminé

prateleira que se projeta da parede acima da lareira

🇷🇺Russian

камин

полка, выступающая из стены над камином

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चिमनी का तख़्ता

शेल्फ जो फायरप्लेस के ऊपर की दीवार से निकलती है

🇧🇩Bengali

চিমনিপিস

শেল্ফ যা অগ্নিকুণ্ডের উপরে প্রাচীর থেকে প্রজেক্ট করে

🇮🇳Tamil

புகைபோக்கி

நெருப்பிடம் மேலே சுவரில் இருந்து திட்டமிடும் அலமாரி

🇮🇳Telugu

చిమ్నీపీస్

పొయ్యి పైన గోడ నుండి ప్రొజెక్ట్ చేసే షెల్ఫ్

🇮🇳Marathi

चिमणीचा तुकडा

शेल्फ जे फायरप्लेसच्या वरच्या भिंतीवरून प्रोजेक्ट करते

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચીમનીપીસ

શેલ્ફ કે જે ફાયરપ્લેસની ઉપરની દિવાલથી પ્રોજેક્ટ કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚಿಮಣಿ ತುಂಡು

ಅಗ್ಗಿಸ್ಟಿಕೆ ಮೇಲಿನ ಗೋಡೆಯಿಂದ ಯೋಜಿಸುವ ಶೆಲ್ಫ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചിമ്മിനിപീസ്

അടുപ്പിന് മുകളിലുള്ള ഭിത്തിയിൽ നിന്ന് പ്രൊജക്റ്റ് ചെയ്യുന്ന ഷെൽഫ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਿਮਨੀਪੀਸ

ਸ਼ੈਲਫ ਜੋ ਫਾਇਰਪਲੇਸ ਦੇ ਉੱਪਰ ਦੀਵਾਰ ਤੋਂ ਪ੍ਰੋਜੈਕਟ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

چمنی کا ٹکڑا

شیلف جو چمنی کے اوپر دیوار سے پروجیکٹ کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

烟囱

从壁炉上方的墙壁伸出的架子

🇯🇵Japanese

煙突部分

暖炉の上の壁から突き出た棚

🇰🇷Korean

굴뚝조각

벽난로 위 벽에서 돌출된 선반

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ống khói

kệ chiếu từ bức tường phía trên lò sưởi

🇹🇭Thai

ปล่องไฟ

ชั้นวางของที่ยื่นออกมาจากผนังเหนือเตาผิง

🇮🇩Indonesian

rak di atas perapian

rak yang menonjol dari dinding di atas perapian

🇵🇭Filipino

tsimenea

istante na umuusad mula sa dingding sa itaas ng fireplace

🇲🇾Malay

cerobong asap

rak yang menonjol dari dinding di atas perapian

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مدخنة

الرف الذي يبرز من الحائط فوق المدفأة

🇮🇷Persian

دودکش

قفسه ای که از دیوار بالای شومینه بیرون می زند

🇹🇷Turkish

baca parçası

şöminenin üstündeki duvardan çıkıntı yapan raf

🇮🇱Hebrew

ארובה

מדף שבולט מקיר מעל האח

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The primary meaning of 'chimneypiece' is 'shelf that projects from wall above fireplace'.

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