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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"

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

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"

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

The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.

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.

The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.

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.

That part of a room where the fire is made; hence, the family circle.

The part of the floor on which the fire is made: the fireside: the house itself: the home.

Floor of a fire-place; fireside.

Part of the floor on which a fire is made; the fireside; the house itself; the family circle.

The large flat stone placed in front of a fireplace, and generally on a level with the floor; the fireside; one's home.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, German] Pavement of stone or brick in a house on which the fire or the fixe-grate is laid;—the house itself, considered an the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers.

The pavement of a room on which a fire is made.