| Definitions of 'hearth' |
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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"
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| Definitions of 'hearth' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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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
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