Hearth has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
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
home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
"driven from hearth and home"
"fighting in defense of their firesides"
3
an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
"they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"
4
A brick, stone or cement floor to a fireplace or oven.
"The old farmhouse still had an original hearth made of red clay bricks surrounding the fire pit."
Example Sentences
"the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"
noun
"he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"
noun
"the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"
noun
"driven from hearth and home"
noun
"fighting in defense of their firesides"
noun
"they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"
noun
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