Definitions of Hearth [ɑrθ]

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Definition of 'Hearth'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hearth
the floor of a fireplace, usu. of stone, brick, etc., often extending into a room.

2.  hearth
the lower part of a blast furnace, cupola, etc., in which the molten metal collects and from which it is tapped out.

3.  hearth
the part of an open hearth, reverberatory furnace, etc., upon which the charge is placed and melted down or refined.

4.  hearth
a brazier or chafing dish for burning charcoal.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME herth(e), OE he(o)rth, c. OS herth, OHG hert)

Definition of 'Hearth'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) fireplace, hearth, open fireplace
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
"the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"

2. (noun) hearth, fireside
home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
"driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"

3. (noun) hearth, fireside
an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
"they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"

Definition of 'Hearth'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Hearth
the pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove

2. (noun) Hearth
the house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside

3. (noun) Hearth
the floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles

Translation of 'Hearth'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (the part of a room beside) the fireplace She was cleaning the hearth.
Afrikaans: vuurherd, haard	Arabic: مَوْقِد، مِدْفَأه	Bulgarian: огнище
Brazilian: lareira	Czech: krb	German: der Kamin
Danish: pejs; kamin	Greek: τζάκι	Spanish: hogar, chimenea
Estonian: kolle	Farsi: اجاق	Finnish: tulisijanääri
French: foyer,âtre	Hebrew: אָח	Hindi: अंगीठी
Croatian: ognjište	Hungarian: kandalló	Indonesian: perapian, pendiangan
Icelandic: arinn; arinhella	Italian: focolare	Japanese: 炉辺
Korean: 벽난로	Lithuanian: židinys	Latvian: kamīns; pavards
Malay: perdiangan	Dutch: haardplaats	Norwegian: peis, ildsted,åpen kamin
Polish: kominek	Persian: اجاق	Pashto: ديوالى بخارۍ ، نغرى ديګدا
Portuguese: lareira	Romanian: cămin, şemineu	Russian: очаг
Slovak: krb	Slovenian: ognjišče	Serbian: ognjište
Swedish: härd, spis[el]	Thai: พื้นเตา	Turkish: ocak,şömine
Taiwanese: 壁爐	Ukrainian: домашнє вогнище	Urdu: آتش دان کا فرش
Vietnamese: lò sưởi	Chinese: 灶台，炉边
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