What does hearth mean?
Definitions for hearth
hɑrθhearth
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word hearth.
Princeton's WordNet
fireplace, hearth, open fireplacenoun
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"
hearth, firesidenoun
home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
"driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"
hearth, firesidenoun
an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
"they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"
GCIDE
Hearthnoun
(Metal. & Manuf.) 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; as, an open-hearth smelting furnace.
Wiktionary
hearthnoun
A brick, stone or cement floor to a fireplace or oven
hearthnoun
An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built
hearthnoun
The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace
hearthnoun
A symbol for home or family life
hearthnoun
A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry.
Etymology: Old English heorþ, from herþaz, from ker-. Cognate with Dutch haard, German Herd, Swedish härd.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hearthnoun
The pavement of a room in which a fire is made; the ground under the chimney.
Hoop’d out of Rome: now this extremity
Hath brought me to this hearth. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.Cricket, to Windsor chimneys shalt thou leap,
Whereas thou find’st unrak’d, and hearths unswept,
There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. William Shakespeare.Good luck befriend thee, son; for at thy birth
The fairy ladies danc’d upon the hearth. John Milton.The vanquish’d fires withdraw from every place;
Or, full with feeding, sink into a sleep:
Each houshold genius shews again its face,
And from the hearths the little lares creep. Dryden.
Wikipedia
HEARTH
The Cornell University Library is the library system of Cornell University. As of 2014, it holds over 8 million printed volumes and over a million ebooks. More than 90 percent of its current 120,000 periodical titles are available online. It has 8.5 million microfilms and microfiches, more than 71,000 cubic feet (2,000 m3) of manuscripts, and close to 500,000 other materials, including motion pictures, DVDs, sound recordings, and computer files in its collections, in addition to extensive digital resources and the University Archives. It is the sixteenth largest library in North America, ranked by number of volumes held. It is also the thirteenth largest research library in the U.S. by both titles and volumes held.
ChatGPT
hearth
A hearth is a brick or stone lined floor or fireplace where fires are made, traditionally used for heating and cooking. In a broader, metaphorical sense, it can also refer to a home itself, particularly the family life and domestic comfort symbolized by the concept of sitting around a hearth fire.
Webster Dictionary
Hearthnoun
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
Hearthnoun
the house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside
Hearthnoun
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
Etymology: [OE. harthe, herth, herthe, AS. heor; akin to D. haard, heerd, Sw. hrd, G. herd; cf. Goth. hari a coal, Icel. hyrr embers, and L. cremare to burn.]
Wikidata
Hearth
In historic and modern usage, a hearth is a brick- or stone-lined fireplace, with or without an oven, used for heating and originally also used for cooking food. For centuries, the hearth was such an integral part of a home, usually its central and most important feature, that the concept has been generalized to refer to a homeplace or household, as in the terms "hearth and home" and "keep the home fires burning". In a medieval hall, the hearth commonly stood in the middle of the hall, with the smoke rising through the room to a vent in the roof. Later, such hearths were moved to the side of the room and provided with a chimney. In fireplace design, the hearth is the part of the fireplace where the fire burns, usually consisting of masonry at floor level or higher, underneath the fireplace mantel.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hearth
härth, n. the part of the floor on which the fire is made: the fireside: the house itself: the home-circle: the lowest part of a blast-furnace: a brazier, chafing-dish, or fire-box.—ns. Hearth′-mon′ey, Hearth′-penn′y, Hearth′-tax, a tax in England, formerly laid upon hearths; Hearth′-rug, a rug used for covering the hearth-stone; Hearth′-stone, a stone forming a hearth, the fireside: a soft stone used for whitening hearths, doorsteps, &c. [A.S. heorð; Dut. haard, Ger. herd.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
hearth
Applied to the ship's fire-place, coppers, and galley generally.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HEARTH
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hearth is ranked #86981 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Hearth surname appeared 214 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hearth.
95.3% or 204 total occurrences were White.
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Anagrams for hearth »
Hertha
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hearth in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hearth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of hearth in a Sentence
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.
They are placed near a hearth so the heat of the fire heats the nails, which helps trap and hold evil spirits.
I know this is a hard time in your life if you’ve lost everything, or you don’t even know what you lost, a few days ago you were celebrating Christmas at home and hanging your stockings and now home and hearth have been destroyed.
For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.
The hearth is significant as something of the University’s early academic years, the original arch above the opening will have to be reconstructed, but we hope to present the remainder of the hearth as essentially unrestored, preserving its evidence of use.
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- موقدArabic
- llarCatalan, Valencian
- Gestell, Herdboden, Hochofen, Herd, FeuerstelleGerman
- τζάκιGreek
- fajrejoEsperanto
- hogar, crisolSpanish
- foyer, âtre, foyersFrench
- lareira, fogar, larGalician
- אחHebrew
- օջախArmenian
- perapianIndonesian
- focolare, letto della fornaceItalian
- 暖炉, 囲炉裏, 健康Japanese
- 부뚜막, 煖爐, 壁煖爐, 난로, 벽난로Korean
- haardDutch
- palenisko, ognisko domowe, kominekPolish
- larPortuguese
- vatrăRomanian
- дно, камин, под, домашний очаг, очаг, лещадь, семейный очаг, подина, печуркаRussian
- härd, eldstadSwedish
- mekoSwahili
- ocakTurkish
- The word "hearth" translates to Ukrainian as "камін" (pronounced "kamin").Ukrainian
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