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hearth
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[ noun ] an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
Synonyms Examples "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" Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Slowly , like a man grown old , he took Eli 's hand and led him below to the tower study , guiding him to a chair beside the little hearth where a fire still burned . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He thought_of Simms_Purdew snoring on his bunk while Pullen_James crouched by the hearth , skirmishing an undershirt for lice , and a wet log sizzled . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (housing) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace (synecdoche)
Synonyms Examples "driven from hearth and home" "fighting in defense of their firesides" Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He saw Mose squatting by the hearth , breaking_up hardtack into a pan . Related terms |
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