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English to English noun
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an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built |  | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | | Example: driven from hearth and home
fighting in defense of their firesides
source: wordnet30
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an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) | | Example: they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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