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Meanings of hearth in English

Portuguese
chaminé
Catalan
xemeneia
Spanish
chimenea

An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built.

chaminé
Portuguese
fogão a lenha
Catalan
llar
Spanish
hogar

An area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)

fogão a lenha
Synonyms
Examples for "fireside"
Examples for "fireside"
1
One says at the fireside: I am no longer for public life.
The Guardian
2
In a June 24 fireside chat, Roosevelt had gone on the attack.
American-made: the enduring legacy of the wpa : when fdr put the...
3
Let him back to the fireside and dream of them in peace.
The Yeoman Adventurer
4
She was sitting by the fireside, with the child in her arms.
The Black Robe
5
They have their fireside; they own it, and it belongs to them.
Monsieur de Camors — Volume 3

Other organization in Belfast, United Kingdom.

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Usage of hearth in English
1
The room was darkened; the fire upon the hearth was almost out.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 / A Mag...
2
They may feel their priorities shifting inward, toward home, hearth, and family.
Feminist dot com
3
That over the hearth presented Icarus in the chariot of the sun.
Come Rack! Come Rope!
4
The little ornaments on the chimney-piece lay on the hearth in bits.
Of Human Bondage
5
Because I found it on the hearth-stone in the hall this morning.
Ralestone Luck
6
So, of course, everyone knew when the man of his hearth left.
The Shelters of Stone
7
A noise in the direction of the hearth made him look round.
Animal Ghosts; Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter
8
The family is gathering around the hearth in the simple timber-framed house.
The Rational Optimist
9
She was the queen of the hearth and of the household fire.
Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology
10
He was compelled to collapse heavily in the arm-chair by the hearth.
The Path of the King
11
The cat sat down by the hearth, the duck on the well-pole.
Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
12
Oil lamps or hearth fires, according to the stature of the houses.
The half-made world
13
One of em serves yer own hearth an home, young Master Denbrough.
IT
14
The fire from the hearth was the only light in the house.
Servant of a dark god
15
Maybe a fire in the hearth at the kid's house, she thought.
Mine
16
There was a bright wood fire blazing in the large open hearth.
The picture of Dorian Gray (First printing version)
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